Gower vs Plattsburg

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

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

Plattsburg has the higher population (2,437 vs 1,677 in Gower). Gower has the higher median household income ($80,057 vs $64,856 in Plattsburg). Gower has the higher median home value ($189,900 vs $182,500 in Plattsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Gower	Plattsburg
Population	1,677	2,437
Median age	34.4 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,057	$64,856
Median home value	$189,900	$182,500
Median gross rent	$820	$768
Housing units	625	1,120
Homeownership rate	86.0%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gower	Plattsburg
Population	1,617 → 1,677 (+3.7%)	2,236 → 2,437 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$51,111 → $80,057 (+56.6%)	$56,454 → $64,856 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $189,900 (+64.3%)	$126,200 → $182,500 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $820 (+1.1%)	$812 → $768 (-5.4%)

Gower

Population

1,6171,677

Median household income

$51,111$80,057

Median home value

$115,600$189,900

Median gross rent

$811$820

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)

	Gower	Plattsburg
Under 5	10.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	7.2%	17.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.8%
75 and over	9.1%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gower	Plattsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gower	Plattsburg
No high school diploma	3.2%	7.4%
High school graduate	39.6%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gower	Plattsburg
Drove alone	79.3%	86.8%
Carpooled	13.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	5.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gower	Plattsburg
1-unit, detached	87.4%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Gower	Plattsburg
Poverty rate	12.0%	13.6%
Average household size	2.65	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1975	1968