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Blue Summit is a small town of 1,156 people in Jackson County, Missouri. It's about 5 miles from Kansas City, MO. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 39°F, with about 12 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $132k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,156people
$132kTypical home
$1,149/moRent
88° / 39°Summer / winter
12"Snow
245Sunny days
99Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,156
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,374 people per sq mi
- 5 mi to Kansas City, MO
- 5 mi to Kansas City, MO
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $132k (≈$832/mo)
- Median rent $1,149/mo
- Median household income $59k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 39°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 245 sunny days a year (105 totally clear)
- 120 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 99 days a year with rain or snow
- 12" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- 13 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- High violent crime (928 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (3,249 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 29
- 36% of households have kids
- 7% are 65 or older
- 10% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 19 mi to MCI airport
- 19 mi to MCI (major hub)
- 3 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 45% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1985
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 866 ft
- 630 mi to the ocean
- 347 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 6 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 75 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,311 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 112 bars within 25 mi
- 372 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 12 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 79 museums within 25 mi
- 34 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 14% of Missouri districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 6 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Jackson County: D+19 in 2024
- Missouri: R+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.