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SheetMO-GLADSTONE-MO · Gladstone, MO 27,069 pop · income 53rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Gladstone
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Gladstone on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Carrollton · lowest
51,553
Carrollton · lowest
51,553 median HH income
37.2% of the leader · rank #1
Moundridge · near
72,130
Moundridge · near
72,130 median HH income
52.1% of the leader · rank #2
Gladstone · this city
72,134
Gladstone · this city
72,134 median HH income
52.1% of the leader · rank #3
Volcano · near
72,135
Volcano · near
72,135 median HH income
52.1% of the leader · rank #4
Clinton · near
72,135
Clinton · near
72,135 median HH income
52.1% of the leader · rank #5
Sedro-Woolley · near
72,140
Sedro-Woolley · near
72,140 median HH income
52.1% of the leader · rank #6
West Linn · highest
138,526
West Linn · highest
138,526 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Gladstone on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 27,069.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Gladstone - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Gladstone lands in the 53rd percentile for household income and the 30th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
53rd
percentile, household income
48th
percentile, home value
7th
percentile, median rent
30th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Gladstone, MO
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 27,069 residents in Gladstone, a small city within Missouri. The typical household in Gladstone brings in $72,134 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 7.8%. Typical homes in Gladstone are valued around $217,900, and the median resident age is 40.5 years. About 31.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 61.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 3 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 50% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: per-100,000 total crime stands at 2072.7 in FBI UCR data, near the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Missouri run below the national norm: the state registers 90.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $972 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Missouri run around $219, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Gladstone's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to reported crime to population change to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Gladstone, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Gladstone?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 7.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Gladstone?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2072.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, near the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 9% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Is Gladstone growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +398 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 3 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Gladstone?
Within Missouri, the closest population matches are Maryland Heights (27,981 residents, $86,485 income); Grandview (25,821 residents, $53,431 income); Hazelwood (25,214 residents, $55,930 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Kahului, HI (27,068 residents); West Linn, OR (27,065 residents); Carrollton, GA (27,058 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Gladstone?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 75.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.2%
Work from home
13.3%
Drive alone
75.7%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 13,099 workers age 16+.
What does the education layer cover for Gladstone?
The NCES join finds 6 public schools within the city match. 31.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
6
Bachelor's degree+
31.3%
Poverty estimate
7.8%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above median income · poverty 7.8% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Missouri average
C-
City profile score · Gladstone, MO
53/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A-
90.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share C+
31.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C-
$72,134
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate D
7.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
376 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Gladstone profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 83/100 (A-) · 90.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 60/100 (C+) · 31.3%
Household income: 52/100 (C-) · $72,134
Poverty rate: 48/100 (D) · 7.8%
Violent crime: 24/100 (F) · 376 /100k
Where Gladstone sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Gladstone's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Gladstone highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Gladstone, MO (this city): home $217,900, crime 2,073/100k
West Linn, OR : home $733,300, crime 834/100k
Carrollton, GA : home $283,100, crime 1,927/100k
Round Lake Beach, IL : home $191,200, crime 983/100k
Lemoore, CA : home $319,200, crime 1,494/100k
Maryland Heights, MO : home $215,300, crime 1,499/100k
Grandview, MO : home $171,200, crime 4,456/100k
Hazelwood, MO : home $154,900, crime 3,011/100k
Kirkwood, MO : home $421,500, crime 1,609/100k
Belton, MO : home $185,400, crime 2,207/100k
How does Gladstone compare to other US cities?
Gladstone measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income53% higher than other cities
Home value48% pricier than other cities
Median rent7% pricier than other cities
Safety30% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Missouri and the picture shifts: Gladstone ranks #149 of 234 Missouri cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Gladstone against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Missouri only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Missouri-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Gladstone near the bottom of Missouri's cities
Among the 875 Missouri cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Gladstone ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Gladstone only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#199 of 842
76th percentile in Missouri
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 875
0th percentile in Missouri
Median Home Value
#134 of 833
84th percentile in Missouri
Poverty Rate
#525 of 875
40th percentile in Missouri
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#142 of 875
84th percentile in Missouri
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Missouri only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
53rd percentile nationally for median household income · 30th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Gladstone's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Gladstone's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Gladstone's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$217,900Among the most affordablemore affordable than 52% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Gladstone's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#6,802 of 15,516
More affordable than 56% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#937 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.0×, Gladstone sits in the moderate band:
national rank #6,802 of 15,516 and #937 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$72,134Gladstone, MO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Gladstone, MO median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Gladstone, MO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)31.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
27,069
Median Income
$72,134
Median Home Value
$217,900
Median Age
40.5
Poverty Rate
7.8%
Labor force participation
61.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
31.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2072.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
375.9
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1696.8
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
6
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Gladstone's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
27,099 residents
2021
27,061 residents
2022
26,908 residents
2023
27,347 residents
2024
27,509 residents
2025
27,497 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
3
housing units authorized
Single-Family
3
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.1
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
6
4
2
$0.7M
2020
8
8
0
$1.8M
2021
4
4
0
$1.0M
2022
222
3
219
$9.2M
2023
6
4
2
$1.9M
2024
3
3
0
$2.0M
Permit volume decreased 50% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
75.7%
Carpool
8.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
Walk
1.1%
Work from Home
13.3%
Other
1.3%
Based on 13,099 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Missouri statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $219
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Missouri at $219 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Missouri statewide averages, not a meter reading for Gladstone. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Missouri's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Gladstone is $972/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Missouri statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Missouri statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Gladstone sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Gladstone compares to similar-size Missouri cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.