Gladstone vs Kearney

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

Gladstone and Kearney 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 10,696 in Kearney). Kearney has the higher median household income ($102,523 vs $72,134 in Gladstone). Kearney has the higher median home value ($275,200 vs $217,900 in Gladstone).

Population, income & housing

	Gladstone	Kearney
Population	27,069	10,696
Median age	40.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,134	$102,523
Median home value	$217,900	$275,200
Median gross rent	$1,095	$1,000
Housing units	12,535	4,489
Homeownership rate	66.2%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladstone	Kearney
Population	27,126 → 27,069 (-0.2%)	10,095 → 10,696 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$59,018 → $72,134 (+22.2%)	$85,561 → $102,523 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$144,400 → $217,900 (+50.9%)	$188,700 → $275,200 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,095 (+22.6%)	$1,063 → $1,000 (-5.9%)

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

Kearney

Population

10,09510,696

Median household income

$85,561$102,523

Median home value

$188,700$275,200

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladstone	Kearney
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.0%
75 and over	9.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladstone	Kearney
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	95.0%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladstone	Kearney
No high school diploma	6.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	31.5%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladstone	Kearney
Drove alone	75.7%	79.3%
Carpooled	8.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	15.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladstone	Kearney
1-unit, detached	65.7%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	5.6%
20 or more units	4.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gladstone	Kearney
Poverty rate	12.1%	3.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1972	2001