With 27,207 people, Gladstone is a city in Missouri. Density works out to 3,367 people per square mile. The typical home is worth $231,500, having more than doubled since 2000. The foreign-born share is 7%. About 32% of adults have finished a four-year degree. The population has held roughly steady since 2000.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $79,271, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.9
US median: 38.9
Average education
32% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 27%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Gladstone
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate3.5% → 11.0%(+7.5 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$174,005 → $231,500(+33%)US over the same years: +67%
Adults with a bachelor's degree23.0% → 31.7%(+8.7 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Gladstone's population equals 11% of Clay County's. Its number of households without a car equals 21% of the county's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 14% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)19.4%(351)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)17.4%(314)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era46.8%(846)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8.5%(154)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.8%(32)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,807 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Gladstone, decade by decade
Gladstone population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
26,243
$89,527
$174,005
23.0%
9.6
2000
26,365
$84,403
$182,348
25.1%
21.0
2010
25,410
$73,642
$201,112
27.4%
39.8
2020
27,063
$76,631
$186,412
30.0%
55.7
2024
27,207
$79,271
$231,500
31.7%
53.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
