Lake Arrowhead vs Plattsburg

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

Lake Arrowhead 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 123 in Lake Arrowhead). Plattsburg has the higher median household income ($64,856 vs $33,125 in Lake Arrowhead). Plattsburg has the higher median home value ($182,500 vs $42,500 in Lake Arrowhead).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Arrowhead	Plattsburg
Population	123	2,437
Median age	53.9 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$33,125	$64,856
Median home value	$42,500	$182,500
Median gross rent	—	$768
Housing units	86	1,120
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Arrowhead	Plattsburg
Population	212 → 123 (-42.0%)	2,236 → 2,437 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$21,938 → $33,125 (+51.0%)	$56,454 → $64,856 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $42,500 (-47.7%)	$126,200 → $182,500 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$812 → $768 (-5.4%)

Lake Arrowhead

Population

212123

Median household income

$21,938$33,125

Median home value

$81,200$42,500

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)

	Lake Arrowhead	Plattsburg
Under 5	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	27.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	5.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	18.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	22.0%	17.0%
65 to 74	26.0%	9.8%
75 and over	0.0%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Plattsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Arrowhead	Plattsburg
No high school diploma	37.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	29.2%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Plattsburg
Drove alone	100.0%	86.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	Plattsburg
1-unit, detached	7.0%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	93.0%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Arrowhead	Plattsburg
Poverty rate	18.7%	13.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1990	1968