What is the median rent in Blue Summit, MO?

Name: Median rent in Blue Summit, MO, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Blue Summit, MO is $1,149 (±$105) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 175 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,149 (±$105)
Rented homes: 175 (±125)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%

How much rent costs in Blue Summit

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Blue Summit	Jackson County	Missouri	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±18.0 points)	6.3%	8.3%	6.3%
$500 to $999	10.3% (±18.2 points)	25.5%	38.8%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	89.7% (±18.2 points)	41.2%	34.6%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±18.0 points)	18.9%	12.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±18.0 points)	5.5%	3.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±18.0 points)	1.3%	1.0%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±18.0 points)	1.3%	1.2%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 89.7% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Blue Summit cost $2,000 or more a month.

Blue Summit against Jackson County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Blue Summit	Jackson County	Missouri	United States
Median gross rent	$1,149 (±$105)	$1,197 (±$12)	$1,033 (±$6)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	175 (±125)	120,498 (±2,339)	752,105 (±5,422)	42,849,984

In Blue Summit, median gross rent is not measurably different from Jackson County ($1,197).

It is also higher than in Missouri ($1,033).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Jackson County, Blue Summit ranks 11 of 17 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 128 of 889.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Blue Summit

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Blue Summit
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Blue Summit	—	$1,149 (±$105)	—
Kansas City	4.6 mi	$1,238 (±$15)	Not measurably different
Randolph	4.8 mi	$1,313 (±$906)	Not measurably different
Sugar Creek	5.3 mi	$1,155 (±$222)	Not measurably different
North Kansas City	5.8 mi	$1,188 (±$90)	Not measurably different
Avondale	5.8 mi	$1,337 (±$227)	Not measurably different
Birmingham	5.8 mi	$963 (±$78)	Lower
Raytown	6.5 mi	$1,218 (±$93)	Not measurably different
Independence	6.9 mi	$1,109 (±$30)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Birmingham, MO ($963).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Jackson County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
5	Levasy	$1,361 (±$79)
6	Blue Springs	$1,277 (±$63)
7	Kansas City	$1,238 (±$15)
8	Raytown	$1,218 (±$93)
9	Lone Jack	$1,203 (±$132)
10	Sugar Creek	$1,155 (±$222)
11	Blue Summit	$1,149 (±$105)
12	Independence	$1,109 (±$30)
13	Oak Grove	$1,044 (±$86)
14	Grandview	$1,035 (±$44)
15	Buckner	$986 (±$99)
16	Unity Village	$881 (±$211)
17	Sibley	$713 (±$216)

Showing 13 of 17 places in Jackson County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Blue Summit is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Blue Summit

What is the average rent in Blue Summit, MO?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Blue Summit is $1,149 (±$105) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Blue Summit cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Blue Summit have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Blue Summit higher than in Jackson County?

In Blue Summit, median gross rent is not measurably different from Jackson County ($1,197).

It is also higher than in Missouri ($1,033).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Blue Summit CDP, Missouri (place:06670, in state:29).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.