Blue Springs is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 59,518 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Blue Springs is the tenth largest community in Missouri. Blue Springs real estate is some of the most expensive in Missouri, although Blue Springs house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Blue Springs is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Blue Springs is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Blue Springs who work in office and administrative support (14.24%), sales jobs (12.51%), and management occupations (10.82%). Also of interest is that Blue Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.37% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The overall education level of Blue Springs citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.75% of adults in Blue Springs have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Blue Springs in 2022 was $38,842, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $155,368 for a family of four. However, Blue Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Blue Springs is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Blue Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Blue Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Blue Springs include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Blue Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
