Excelsior Springs vs Gladstone

A side-by-side comparison of Excelsior Springs and Gladstone: population, income, housing, and more.

Excelsior Springs and Gladstone are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gladstone has the higher population (27,069 vs 10,502 in Excelsior Springs). Excelsior Springs has the higher median household income ($74,056 vs $72,134 in Gladstone). Gladstone has the higher median home value ($217,900 vs $174,000 in Excelsior Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Excelsior Springs	Gladstone
Population	10,502	27,069
Median age	35.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,056	$72,134
Median home value	$174,000	$217,900
Median gross rent	$907	$1,095
Housing units	4,266	12,535
Homeownership rate	68.0%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Excelsior Springs	Gladstone
Population	11,640 → 10,502 (-9.8%)	27,126 → 27,069 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$49,428 → $74,056 (+49.8%)	$59,018 → $72,134 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $174,000 (+28.5%)	$144,400 → $217,900 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $907 (+32.4%)	$893 → $1,095 (+22.6%)

Excelsior Springs

Population

11,64010,502

Median household income

$49,428$74,056

Median home value

$135,400$174,000

Median gross rent

$685$907

Gladstone

Population

27,12627,069

Median household income

$59,018$72,134

Median home value

$144,400$217,900

Median gross rent

$893$1,095

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Excelsior Springs	Gladstone
Under 5	4.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	11.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.3%
75 and over	7.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Excelsior Springs	Gladstone
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	73.4%
Black or African American	4.2%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.5%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Excelsior Springs	Gladstone
No high school diploma	12.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	42.5%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Excelsior Springs	Gladstone
Drove alone	78.0%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	13.3%
Other means	2.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Excelsior Springs	Gladstone
1-unit, detached	75.7%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	15.4%
20 or more units	6.8%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Excelsior Springs	Gladstone
Poverty rate	13.7%	12.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1970	1972