Census-designated place · Jackson County, Missouri

Blue Summit, Missouri

Blue Summit is a census-designated place in Jackson County, Missouri, part of the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area. It has 1,156 residents. Blue Summit, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 35 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,142 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #235 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), unemployment rate (low) and distance to an Amtrak station (low). It ranks worst on bachelor's degree or higher (low), physical inactivity (high) and adult smoking (high).

35Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,142 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #235 of 375 in MO
Population: 1,156 (2020-2024)
Land area: 0 mi²
Density: 2,372.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 2906670

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety1#15,457/15,637
Economy42#9,011/15,631
Housing89#1,717/14,977
Health3#15,104/15,609
Healthcare63#5,764/15,650
Environment52#7,385/15,453
Education13#13,675/15,649
Infrastructure53#7,328/15,650
Community47#8,291/15,651
Leisure & amenities59#6,339/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Blue Summit, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Jackson County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low0.6×
100/100Missouri 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077High uncertainty
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Missouri 4.0%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
95/100Missouri 33 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauJackson County value
New business applications · high20.3 /1k
91/100Missouri 16.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauJackson County value
Distance to an emergency room · low3.2 mi
89/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesJackson County value
Public EV charging ports · high11.9 /10k
87/100Missouri 5.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyJackson County value

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low0.0%
0/100Missouri 32.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Physical inactivity · high44.3%
1/100Missouri 31.3%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · high25.9%
1/100Missouri 19.5%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Violent crime rate · high799 /100k
2/100Missouri 418 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationJackson County value
Frequent mental distress · high23.3%
2/100Missouri 19.8%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Property crime rate · high2,963 /100k
2/100Missouri 1,644 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationJackson County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
412 (2016-2020) → 1,156 (2020-2024)
+181%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
100.0% (2016-2020) → 36.0% (2020-2024)
−64 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
48.2% (2016-2020) → 7.5% (2020-2024)
−41 pts4 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.4% → 9.8%
Child poverty rateImproving
100.0% (2016-2020) → 61.8% (2020-2024)
−38 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
84.8% (2016-2020) → 53.5% (2020-2024)
−31 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.5% → 89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
28.6% (2016-2020) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−29 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Blue Summit, Missouri over five years.

Cities and towns like Blue Summit, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Blue Summit, Missouri in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Blue Summit, Missouri five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,156 residents (±555)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,156 residents (±555)

Blue Summit, Missouri
Missouri share

White52%†604
Black11%†131
Hispanic or Latino22%†250
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races15%†171

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

637 residents (±319)

Blue Summit, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma46%†296
High school or GED16%†100
Some college28%†181
Associate degree9.4%†60
Bachelor's degree0.0%0
Graduate degree0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

304 households (±130)

Blue Summit, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k15%†47
$25k–50k21%†63
$50k–75k43%†132
$75k–100k1.0%†3
$100k–150k19%†59
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

304 households (±130)

Blue Summit, Missouri
Missouri share

Own42%†129
Rent58%†175

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

175 households (±125)

Blue Summit, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,00010%†18
$1,000–1,50090%†157

Home values

129 homes (±91)

Blue Summit, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k100%†129
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

353 homes (±137)

Blue Summit, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later44%†155
2000–20090.0%0
1980–199911%†40

Size of homes

353 homes (±137)

Blue Summit, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio3.4%†12
1 bedroom15%†54
2 bedrooms23%†81

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

489 workers (±251)

Blue Summit, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone35%†169
Carpool25%†123
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home40%†197
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

292 workers (±189)

Blue Summit, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min1.0%†3
15–29 min57%†166
30–44 min24%†71

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Kansas City, MO-KS

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Jackson County, the county holding most of Blue Summit's residents.

Jackson County has 18,212 employer establishments, 253 for every 10,000 residents (1.02× the US rate of 248; 1.03× Missouri's), with 360,017 paid employees at an average annual pay of $69,909. The Census Bureau also counts 57,966 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 18,212; 57,966 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 253; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 360,017
Average annual pay: $69,909; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Jackson County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,577	21.9	1.05×About typical	18,380	$82,598	2,312
Restaurants and other eating places	1,335	18.5	1.01×About typical	30,346	$24,206	233
Specialty trade contractors	1,027	14.2	0.92×About typical	16,472	$77,994	3,517
Lessors of real estate	872	12.1	0.98×About typical	4,217	$79,429	5,972
Individual and family services	634	8.8	3.14×More than typical	4,482	$38,149	335
Limited-service restaurants	595	8.3	1.03×About typical	12,835	$20,498	113
Legal services	590	8.2	1.52×More than typical	5,542	$131,101	601
Full-service restaurants	569	7.9	1.03×About typical	15,296	$27,627	77
Religious organizations	478	6.6	1.20×About typical	8,007	$30,094	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	461	6.4	1.57×More than typical	6,597	$66,855	593
Services to buildings and dwellings	458	6.4	0.94×About typical	4,805	$39,046	3,317
Offices of other health practitioners	453	6.3	1.03×About typical	2,009	$48,696	1,189

Rank places for an industry Open Jackson County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 721,035 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $10K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Blue Summit, Missouri: $8.68 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $10K; −77% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8.68; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$10K100%

Top recipients

WAREHOUSE ONE, INC$10K100%

Spending by fiscal year

476.7KFY2017
537.5KFY2018
1.4MFY2019
428.9KFY2020
1.7MFY2021
88.5KFY2022
26.3KFY2023
3.2KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing · 3372$10K100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Blue Summit, Missouri, so they do not add up across cities.

Blue Summit, Missouri's figures are part of those of Jackson County, MO ($3B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Blue Summit is mostly in Jackson County.

See federal money in Jackson County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Blue Summit, Missouri is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Jackson County51100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Kansas City, MO-KS73

Other cities and towns in Jackson County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

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Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like Blue Summit, Missouri five years ago that improved