For a 40-year-old driver with a clean record, Blue Springs car insurance averages about $194 a month ($2,325 a year) for full coverage, based on the rates insurers had filed with state regulators as of Aug. 31, 2026. That’s 4% below the Missouri average of $203 a month. Shelter has the lowest full-coverage average among the five major insurers we compared (American Family, GEICO, Progressive, Safeco and Shelter), at about $144 a month.
Blue Springs costs less than Kansas City for our benchmark driver: about $32 a month less than Kansas City and about $9 a month less than the Missouri average.
Our data covers both ZIP codes with a Blue Springs mailing address: 64014 averages about $192 a month and 64015 about $195.
Cost data comes from the auto rates insurers file with state regulators, priced across both Blue Springs ZIP codes in our data, compiled by Quadrant Information Services and updated as new rates are filed.
Rates as of Aug. 31, 2026. Page reviewed Oct. 7, 2026.
How Much Is Car Insurance in Blue Springs, MO?
Full coverage in Blue Springs averages $2,325 a year, or about $194 a month, for our benchmark driver. Liability-only coverage at 25/50/10 limits averages $793 a year ($66 a month), and 50/100/50 liability with comprehensive and collision averages $2,391 ($199 a month).
- Full coverage (100/300/100, $500 deductibles): $2,325 a year ($194 a month)
- 50/100/50 with $500 deductibles: $2,391 a year ($199 a month)
- Liability only (25/50/10): $793 a year ($66 a month)
- Jackson County: $2,685 a year ($224 a month) for full coverage
- Missouri average: $2,431 a year ($203 a month) for full coverage
- ZIP code range: $192 (64014) to $195 (64015) a month for full coverage
Cheap Car Insurance in Blue Springs: Companies Compared
- Lowest average among the five major insurers we compared, full coverage: Shelter, at about $144 a month ($1,729 a year).
- Next lowest: Progressive, at about $168 a month, then GEICO and Safeco, effectively tied at $190 and $193.
- Lowest liability-only average (25/50/10): Progressive, at about $47 a month, then Shelter at $49.
- State Farm (Nov. 2025 rates)*: about $228 a month for full coverage, from its November 2025 rates.
- Also on our list: USAA at about $98 a month, Travelers at $139, Missouri Farm Bureau at $200 and Nationwide at $211 (USAA sells only to military families).
- Most expensive in our data: American Family, at about $274 a month, $1,553 a year more than Shelter for the same driver and car.
Shelter has the lowest full-coverage average among the five insurers in our Blue Springs rate data. The recent published statewide Missouri rate studies we reviewed most often rank Travelers cheapest for full coverage: four of the six put it first, one ranks Shelter and one Nationwide, apart from USAA, which sells only to military families. For liability-only coverage at 25/50/10 limits, Progressive has the lowest average among these five insurers, at about $47 a month, with Shelter close behind at $49.
Full-coverage averages by insurer in Blue Springs
Monthly, for the same driver and car. Insurers marked with an asterisk in the table below aren’t in the chart.
Rates insurers filed with state regulators, compiled by Quadrant Information Services, as of Aug. 31, 2026. Benchmark 40-year-old driver, 100/300/100 with $500 deductibles.
| Insurance Company: | Liability Only 25/50/10 (Yearly): | Liability Only 25/50/10 (Monthly): | Full Coverage (Yearly): | Full Coverage (Monthly): |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelter | $586 | $49 | $1,729 | $144 |
| Progressive | $559 | $47 | $2,015 | $168 |
| GEICO | $804 | $67 | $2,282 | $190 |
| Safeco | $936 | $78 | $2,316 | $193 |
| American Family | $1,080 | $90 | $3,282 | $274 |
| State Farm (Nov. 2025 rates)* | $881 | $73 | $2,737 | $228 |
| USAA (military families)* | $352 | $29 | $1,180 | $98 |
| Travelers* | $616 | $51 | $1,667 | $139 |
| Missouri Farm Bureau* | $565 | $47 | $2,401 | $200 |
| Nationwide* | $1,232 | $103 | $2,529 | $211 |
| Blue Springs average | $793 | $66 | $2,325 | $194 |
This table uses Blue Springs ZIP codes only. See how we calculated these rates. Your own price depends on your car, driving record and coverage, so compare auto insurance quotes before you buy.
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Does Better Coverage Cost More in Blue Springs?
Full coverage at 100/300/100 limits costs less on average than 50/100/50 in our Blue Springs data: $2,325 a year compared with $2,391, with the same $500 deductibles. The full-coverage package doubles the per-person injury limit, triples the per-crash limit and doubles the property damage limit, and it raises uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage to 100/300. American Family, Safeco and Shelter charge less for 100/300/100 than for 50/100/50 for our benchmark driver.
Is Car Insurance Going Up in Blue Springs?
Not for our benchmark driver. Comparing the four insurers that are in both sets of rates, in the same Blue Springs ZIP codes, their full-coverage average fell from $2,886 a year nine months earlier to $2,327 in rates as of Aug. 31, 2026, a 19.4% drop. American Family’s Blue Springs average fell 30.5%, Progressive’s 25.3% and Shelter’s 7.5%, but GEICO’s rose 1.0%. Safeco is new in our rates over the past nine months, so it’s left out, which is why these averages differ from the Blue Springs average above. State Farm’s latest rates are from November 2025, so it’s left out of this comparison. Liability-only coverage at 25/50/10 limits fell 7.3%, led by American Family, which cut its liability-only average 17.4%.
What Shapes Car Insurance Costs in Blue Springs
Jackson County averages about $224 a month for full coverage, the second-most expensive of the 79 Missouri counties we price, after St. Louis City, and Blue Springs is well below that county average.
Grain Valley, to the east, averages about $192 a month and Oak Grove $198. Missouri insurers group drivers into rating territories that are generally based on claims experience, according to the Department of Commerce and Insurance.
How Blue Springs Car Insurance Compares With Other Missouri Cities
More Missouri cities and towns are in the Missouri rates by city table, and you can compare states on our car insurance rates by state page.
Independence, just west, averages $215 a month, Lee’s Summit $192 and Kansas City $226.
What Car Insurance Is Required in Blue Springs?
Drivers in Blue Springs follow Missouri’s rules. Every policy must include at least:
- Bodily injury liability of $25,000 per person and $50,000 per crash
- Property damage liability of $25,000 per crash
- Uninsured motorist coverage of $25,000 per person and $50,000 per crash
Our Missouri requirements guide covers the details and the penalties for driving uninsured.
How to Lower Your Car Insurance Rate in Blue Springs
- Compare Shelter and Progressive first. They have the two lowest full-coverage averages among the five major insurers we compared in Blue Springs, about $144 and $168 a month.
- Quote several insurers. Among the five major insurers we compared in Blue Springs, the lowest and highest averages are about $130 a month apart for the same driver and car.
- Don’t skip a comprehensive claim to protect your rate. The Department of Commerce and Insurance says Missouri regulations bar insurers from charging extra for claims under your comprehensive coverage.
- Compare at every renewal. Over the past nine months, American Family has cut its Blue Springs average 30.5%, Progressive 25.3% and Shelter 7.5%, while GEICO has raised its average 1.0%, so the order in our table can shift.
- Ask about discounts and check your deductible. Many insurers lower rates for a clean driving record, paying in full or insuring more than one car, so ask which auto insurance discounts you qualify for. Our full-coverage prices use $500 deductibles. A higher deductible lowers your premium but means you pay more yourself after a claim; see how deductibles affect your rate.
- Insure your car and home together. A multi-policy discount is a common way to save, so check average home insurance rates in Missouri, and compare home insurance quotes alongside your car quotes. Renting? A renters insurance policy can qualify too.
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How We Calculated Blue Springs Car Insurance Rates
Insurers must file their rates and rating rules with each state’s insurance regulator. Quadrant Information Services uses those filings to calculate what each insurer would charge a specific driver, and InsuranceQuotes analyzes those prices. This page uses rates in effect on Aug. 31, 2026.
- Sample: 10 full-coverage premiums from five insurers across two Blue Springs ZIP codes, plus the same number of liability-only and 50/100/50 premiums.
- Driver: a single 40-year-old driver, licensed 24 years, with good credit and no accidents or violations, driving a 2024 Toyota Camry LE they own, for personal use.
- Coverage: full coverage is 100/300/100 liability with $500 comprehensive and collision deductibles and 100/300 uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage. We also price 50/100/50 with the same deductibles, and liability-only coverage at 25/50/10 limits, with 25/50 uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage and no comprehensive or collision. Missouri’s minimum has been 25/50/25 since July 1, 2019, so our liability-only prices use lower limits than the law requires.
- Calculation: for each insurer we take its lowest eligible price in each ZIP code and average those prices across the ZIP codes. The overall average is the mean of every insurer-and-ZIP price. Monthly figures are annual premiums divided by 12 and rounded.
- Rankings: we name a cheapest insurer only where it’s priced in at least half the ZIP codes and its lead over the next insurer isn’t so wide that it looks like an outlier. Annual prices within 3% of each other are called effectively tied.
- Rate changes: we compare the same insurer in the same ZIP codes, for the same driver and coverage, in rates as of Nov. 30, 2025, and Aug. 31, 2026. Safeco isn’t in the November 2025 rates and State Farm isn’t in the August 2026 rates, so they’re left out of rate-change comparisons; the other four insurers are in both sets of rates. Rate-change percentages are calculated from the annual premiums shown; other percentages use the rounded monthly figures.
- Insurers marked *: priced from recent published Missouri rate studies, scaled to our benchmark driver. They aren’t included in our averages or rankings. The State Farm row shows its November 2025 rates, so it isn’t included in our averages or rankings.
- What this isn’t: a quote. These are modeled prices for one driver profile, calculated from insurers’ rate filings. Your price depends on your ZIP code, vehicle, driving record, coverage choices and discounts.
Coverage requirements come from Missouri law and the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance. We refresh these figures when new rate data is released.
Blue Springs Car Insurance FAQ
For our benchmark driver, full coverage in Blue Springs averages about $194 a month ($2,325 a year) and liability-only coverage at 25/50/10 limits about $66 a month, based on the rates insurers had filed with state regulators as of Aug. 31, 2026. Full coverage is 4% below the Missouri average of $203 a month.
Shelter has the lowest full-coverage average in our Blue Springs rate data, at about $144 a month, followed by Progressive at $168. For liability-only coverage at 25/50/10 limits, Progressive has the lowest average, at about $47 a month. Four of the six recent published statewide Missouri rate studies we reviewed rank Travelers cheapest for full coverage, apart from USAA. Rates vary by driver, so compare quotes for your own car and ZIP code.
Blue Springs, for our benchmark driver. Blue Springs full coverage averages about $194 a month and Kansas City about $226, a difference of about $32 a month for the same driver and car.
Blue Springs, for our benchmark driver. Blue Springs full coverage averages about $194 a month and Independence about $215.
In our Blue Springs data, full coverage (100/300/100 with $500 deductibles) averages about $194 a month and liability-only coverage at 25/50/10 limits about $66, a difference of about $128 a month ($1,532 a year). Liability-only coverage won’t pay to repair or replace your own car after a crash, a theft or a storm. Missouri law doesn’t require full coverage, but a lender or leasing company may.
Not for our benchmark driver. Comparing the four insurers in both sets of rates (Safeco is new over the past nine months), their Blue Springs full-coverage average fell 19.4%, from about $2,886 to $2,327 a year. That’s higher than the Blue Springs average of $2,325 because it leaves out Safeco. American Family cut its Blue Springs average 30.5%, Progressive 25.3% and Shelter 7.5%, while GEICO raised its average 1.0%. Liability-only coverage at 25/50/10 limits fell 7.3%.
For our benchmark driver, full coverage in Blue Springs averages about $194 a month. Nearby, Lee’s Summit averages about $192, Independence about $215 and Kansas City about $226. Lee’s Summit is cheaper; prices depend mostly on ZIP code, so compare quotes for your own address.
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Michael Giusti is a senior insurance analyst, business journalist, and university professor with over 20 years of experience. He serves as department chair at Loyola University New Orleans and contributes to Insurance Thought Leadership, U.S. News, and other leading financial outlets.
