Gladstone vs Liberty

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

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

Liberty has the higher population (30,446 vs 27,069 in Gladstone). Liberty has the higher median household income ($95,425 vs $72,134 in Gladstone). Liberty has the higher median home value ($267,900 vs $217,900 in Gladstone).

Population, income & housing

	Gladstone	Liberty
Population	27,069	30,446
Median age	40.5 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,134	$95,425
Median home value	$217,900	$267,900
Median gross rent	$1,095	$1,164
Housing units	12,535	11,887
Homeownership rate	66.2%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladstone	Liberty
Population	27,126 → 27,069 (-0.2%)	31,328 → 30,446 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$59,018 → $72,134 (+22.2%)	$76,577 → $95,425 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$144,400 → $217,900 (+50.9%)	$182,000 → $267,900 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,095 (+22.6%)	$922 → $1,164 (+26.2%)

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

Liberty

Population

31,32830,446

Median household income

$76,577$95,425

Median home value

$182,000$267,900

Median gross rent

$922$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladstone	Liberty
Under 5	6.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.7%
75 and over	9.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladstone	Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	83.8%
Black or African American	6.9%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	1.7%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladstone	Liberty
No high school diploma	6.5%	3.1%
High school graduate	31.5%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladstone	Liberty
Drove alone	75.7%	79.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	13.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladstone	Liberty
1-unit, detached	65.7%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	6.8%
20 or more units	4.3%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Gladstone	Liberty
Poverty rate	12.1%	7.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1972	1986