Gladstone is a medium-sized city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 26,339 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Gladstone is the 24th largest community in Missouri.

Unlike some cities, Gladstone isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Gladstone are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gladstone is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gladstone who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.76%), sales jobs (13.44%), and management occupations (7.87%).

Also of interest is that Gladstone has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Gladstone is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Residents of Gladstone by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 98.4% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Gladstone may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Gladstone Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Gladstone citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 25.08% of adults in Gladstone have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Gladstone in 2000 was $25,105, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,420 for a family of four.

The people who call Gladstone home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Gladstone is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gladstone include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Gladstone is English.