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Median Home Price in Excelsior Springs, MO

The median home value in Excelsior Springs, MO is $227,788 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.1% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$227,788

Year-over-Year

+1.1%

Population

10,621

Excelsior Springs ranks #80 of 113 Missouri cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 16.1% below the state's city median of $271,406. It sits in Clay County, where the county-wide median is $321,806.

Housing affordability in Excelsior Springs

Median household income in Excelsior Springs is $72,609, so the typical home value is about 3.1× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Excelsior Springs

Excelsior Springs police recorded a violent crime rate of 330 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,392 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Excelsior Springs

What is the average home price in Excelsior Springs, MO?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Excelsior Springs, that value is $227,788. That's up 1.1% from a year earlier. It is about 16.1% below the typical Missouri city tracked here.

Is Excelsior Springs expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Excelsior Springs are cheaper than Clay County as a whole, where the median is $321,806 — a difference of about 29.2%.

Is Excelsior Springs affordable?

Median household income here is $72,609, so the typical home value is about 3.1× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Excelsior Springs a safe place to live?

Excelsior Springs police reported 330 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 10,621. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.