Missouri · Census place 2927190

Gladstone, Missouri

Gladstone is a city in Clay County, Missouri with an estimated 27,579 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 25th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 27,579; #25 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020: +1.7%; +471 people
Land area: 8.1 sq mi
Density: 3,413 / sq mi; State median 1,448

Orange pin: Gladstone. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Gladstone population, 2020 to 2024

Gladstone added 471 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +209. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 62nd; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Gladstone is 2.3 times that size.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 27,066. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Gladstone covers 8.08 square miles of land, for 3,413 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Gladstone is denser than the typical town.

What county Gladstone is in

All of Gladstone's residents live in Clay County, which had 263,370 residents in 2024. Gladstone holds 10.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gladstone

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Gladstone by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64118, 64119. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Gladstone is

The Census internal point of Gladstone is at 39.213000, -94.559000. Jefferson City, the capital, is 135.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kansas City, MO (516,032 people), 6.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 39.213000, -94.559000
DMS: 39°12'46.80"N 94°33'32.40"W
UTM: 15N 365405.8E 4341571.7N
Geohash: 9yuz0680r
Plus code: 86F76C7R+6C

Daylight in Gladstone

At 39.21° N, Gladstone gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gladstone

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Pleasant Valley, 4.2 miles away, with 2,750 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gladstone, MO?

27,579 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 471 (1.7%) from 27,108 in July 2020.

What county is Gladstone in?

Clay County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Gladstone?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 64118, 64119.

How far is Gladstone from Jefferson City?

135.6 miles (218.2 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Gladstone.

What is the nearest larger city to Gladstone?

Kansas City, MO, with 516,032 residents, 6.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.