Lathrop vs Plattsburg

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

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

Lathrop has the higher population (2,646 vs 2,437 in Plattsburg). Lathrop has the higher median household income ($76,468 vs $64,856 in Plattsburg). Plattsburg has the higher median home value ($182,500 vs $156,500 in Lathrop).

Population, income & housing

	Lathrop	Plattsburg
Population	2,646	2,437
Median age	36.7 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,468	$64,856
Median home value	$156,500	$182,500
Median gross rent	$850	$768
Housing units	977	1,120
Homeownership rate	65.6%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lathrop	Plattsburg
Population	2,184 → 2,646 (+21.2%)	2,236 → 2,437 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$67,679 → $76,468 (+13.0%)	$56,454 → $64,856 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$124,800 → $156,500 (+25.4%)	$126,200 → $182,500 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $850 (+11.4%)	$812 → $768 (-5.4%)

Lathrop

Population

2,1842,646

Median household income

$67,679$76,468

Median home value

$124,800$156,500

Median gross rent

$763$850

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)

	Lathrop	Plattsburg
Under 5	2.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	23.9%	14.6%
18 to 24	13.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	15.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	6.2%	9.8%
75 and over	6.4%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lathrop	Plattsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lathrop	Plattsburg
No high school diploma	9.9%	7.4%
High school graduate	37.3%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lathrop	Plattsburg
Drove alone	81.9%	86.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lathrop	Plattsburg
1-unit, detached	71.8%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Lathrop	Plattsburg
Poverty rate	17.5%	13.6%
Average household size	2.86	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1976	1968