Gladstone vs North Kansas City

A side-by-side comparison of Gladstone and North Kansas City: population, income, housing, and more.

Gladstone and North Kansas City 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 4,758 in North Kansas City). Gladstone has the higher median household income ($72,134 vs $46,024 in North Kansas City). Gladstone has the higher median home value ($217,900 vs $194,700 in North Kansas City).

Population, income & housing

	Gladstone	North Kansas City
Population	27,069	4,758
Median age	40.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,134	$46,024
Median home value	$217,900	$194,700
Median gross rent	$1,095	$1,146
Housing units	12,535	3,260
Homeownership rate	66.2%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladstone	North Kansas City
Population	27,126 → 27,069 (-0.2%)	4,477 → 4,758 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$59,018 → $72,134 (+22.2%)	$42,026 → $46,024 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$144,400 → $217,900 (+50.9%)	$136,700 → $194,700 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,095 (+22.6%)	$882 → $1,146 (+29.9%)

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

North Kansas City

Population

4,4774,758

Median household income

$42,026$46,024

Median home value

$136,700$194,700

Median gross rent

$882$1,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladstone	North Kansas City
Under 5	6.2%	0.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	7.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	15.1%
75 and over	9.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladstone	North Kansas City
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	64.1%
Black or African American	6.9%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	2.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladstone	North Kansas City
No high school diploma	6.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	31.5%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladstone	North Kansas City
Drove alone	75.7%	83.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	5.6%
Public transit	0.2%	1.4%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	9.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladstone	North Kansas City
1-unit, detached	65.7%	35.5%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	19.6%
20 or more units	4.3%	24.3%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gladstone	North Kansas City
Poverty rate	12.1%	9.7%
Average household size	2.29	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1972	1974