Gladstone vs Smithville

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

Gladstone and Smithville 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 10,552 in Smithville). Smithville has the higher median household income ($99,925 vs $72,134 in Gladstone). Smithville has the higher median home value ($272,500 vs $217,900 in Gladstone).

Population, income & housing

	Gladstone	Smithville
Population	27,069	10,552
Median age	40.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,134	$99,925
Median home value	$217,900	$272,500
Median gross rent	$1,095	$977
Housing units	12,535	4,063
Homeownership rate	66.2%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladstone	Smithville
Population	27,126 → 27,069 (-0.2%)	9,884 → 10,552 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$59,018 → $72,134 (+22.2%)	$82,398 → $99,925 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$144,400 → $217,900 (+50.9%)	$194,500 → $272,500 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,095 (+22.6%)	$799 → $977 (+22.3%)

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

Smithville

Population

9,88410,552

Median household income

$82,398$99,925

Median home value

$194,500$272,500

Median gross rent

$799$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladstone	Smithville
Under 5	6.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	15.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.9%
75 and over	9.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladstone	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	94.1%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladstone	Smithville
No high school diploma	6.5%	6.6%
High school graduate	31.5%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladstone	Smithville
Drove alone	75.7%	82.1%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	10.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladstone	Smithville
1-unit, detached	65.7%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	1.6%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Gladstone	Smithville
Poverty rate	12.1%	8.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1972	1996