Blue Springs is a city of 59,965 people in Missouri. The foreign-born share is 3%. Density works out to 2,644 people per square mile. That is roughly 26% ahead of the Missouri median. Growth has run 25% since 2000, or 11,885 more people. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $263,100.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $88,920, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 37.2
US median: 38.9
Average education
35% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 33%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Blue Springs
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share1.9% → 6.2%(+4.3 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Black share2.3% → 8.0%(+5.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$185,525 → $263,100(+42%)US over the same years: +67%
Blue Springs's population equals 8.3% of Jackson County's. Its number of households without a car equals 2.8% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 3.6% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)34.7%(1,265)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)21.6%(790)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era31.3%(1,142)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.1%(114)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.1%(76)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 3,650 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Blue Springs, decade by decade
Blue Springs population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
40,124
$95,772
$185,525
23.8%
13.7
2000
48,080
$100,923
$197,103
27.4%
19.8
2010
52,575
$97,036
$214,922
30.5%
34.7
2020
58,603
$88,292
$211,864
33.5%
50.1
2024
59,965
$88,920
$263,100
35.0%
46.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
