Best PlacesBlue Springs, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Blue Springs, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Blue Springs ranks 837th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and transit ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Blue Springs
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Blue Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Blue Springs ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 80% of cities
- Cheap childcare$840 a month, better than 77% of cities
Where Blue Springs ranks low
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 21% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 21% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 30% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 34% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Blue Springs
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Blue Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,913, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Blue Springs' effective rate of 1.23%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Blue Springs
Blue Springs's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Blue Springs.
Who works in Blue Springs, and how
Work in Blue Springs centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Blue Springs
Blue Springs has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Blue Springs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Blue Springs, month by month
Blue Springs sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Blue Springs
Kansas City International sits about 30 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.7 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Blue Springs
Schools across Blue Springs average a B+, better than 76% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Voy Spears Jr. Elem.A+ · 74% proficient
- Chapel Lakes Elem.A+ · 73% proficient
- Lucy Franklin Elem.A · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Delta Woods MiddleA · 64% proficient
- Brittany Hill MiddleA− · 53% proficient
- Moreland Ridge MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Blue Springs South HighB+ · 55% proficient
- Blue Springs HighB+ · 55% proficient
- Lee's Summit North HighB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Blue Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Blue Springs measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Blue Springs against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Blue Springs suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 15% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 56% of cities and health care access beats 63%.
Common questions about living in Blue Springs
Is Blue Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Blue Springs ranks 837th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, few empty homes, and low disaster risk, and lowest on transit and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Blue Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $279,619. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $90,913 median income, cost of living beats 66% of cities.
Is Blue Springs safe?
Blue Springs is safer than 51% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $364 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Blue Springs?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 24. That works out to about 94 pleasant days a year, more than 56% of cities.
Is Blue Springs good for families?
Schools beat 76% of cities, crime safety beats 51%, and childcare runs $840 a month.
Compare Blue Springs with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Blue Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Blue Springs represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Blue Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Blue Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Blue Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Blue Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Blue Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Blue Springs detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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