| Demographics |
Blue Springs, Missouri, is one of the fastest growing communities in the
10-county Kansas City metropolitan area. Over the decade of the 90's, the
population increased by over 20% to almost 50,000 people.
The median age is 33.1 years. (The median age in Missouri is 36.1 years;
Jackson County is 35.2 years.) 6.5 percent of the population is under the
age of 5 years, 76.1 percent are 18 years and over and 19.6 percent are 65
years and over.
26,276 or 54.6 percent are in the labor force (16 years and older).
92 percent of the population 25 years and over are high school graduates or
higher and 27 percent have a bachelor's degree or higher. The median household
income is $55,402. (The Missouri median household income is $31,916; Jackson
County is $39,277.)
There are 12,833 single-family, owner-occupied homes and the median value of
a home is $108,300.
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