Cameron vs Plattsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Cameron and Plattsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Cameron and Plattsburg are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cameron has the higher population (8,721 vs 2,437 in Plattsburg). Plattsburg has the higher median household income ($64,856 vs $56,090 in Cameron). Plattsburg has the higher median home value ($182,500 vs $178,300 in Cameron).

Population, income & housing

	Cameron	Plattsburg
Population	8,721	2,437
Median age	41.0 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,090	$64,856
Median home value	$178,300	$182,500
Median gross rent	$1,042	$768
Housing units	3,205	1,120
Homeownership rate	54.9%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cameron	Plattsburg
Population	9,665 → 8,721 (-9.8%)	2,236 → 2,437 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$50,544 → $56,090 (+11.0%)	$56,454 → $64,856 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $178,300 (+57.5%)	$126,200 → $182,500 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,042 (+31.2%)	$812 → $768 (-5.4%)

Cameron

Population

9,6658,721

Median household income

$50,544$56,090

Median home value

$113,200$178,300

Median gross rent

$794$1,042

Plattsburg

Population

2,2362,437

Median household income

$56,454$64,856

Median home value

$126,200$182,500

Median gross rent

$812$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cameron	Plattsburg
Under 5	4.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	19.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	17.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.8%
75 and over	7.0%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cameron	Plattsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	84.6%
Black or African American	7.8%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cameron	Plattsburg
No high school diploma	10.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	48.0%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cameron	Plattsburg
Drove alone	75.3%	86.8%
Carpooled	14.1%	7.4%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	5.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cameron	Plattsburg
1-unit, detached	65.0%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	2.5%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Cameron	Plattsburg
Poverty rate	16.8%	13.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1977	1968