Dearborn vs Platte Woods

A side-by-side comparison of Dearborn and Platte Woods: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dearborn has the higher population (545 vs 528 in Platte Woods). Platte Woods has the higher median household income ($126,250 vs $48,333 in Dearborn). Platte Woods has the higher median home value ($312,800 vs $175,000 in Dearborn).

Population, income & housing

	Dearborn	Platte Woods
Population	545	528
Median age	39.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,333	$126,250
Median home value	$175,000	$312,800
Median gross rent	$510	$1,793
Housing units	269	209
Homeownership rate	74.5%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dearborn	Platte Woods
Population	517 → 545 (+5.4%)	485 → 528 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$46,000 → $48,333 (+5.1%)	$77,708 → $126,250 (+62.5%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $175,000 (+47.3%)	$238,500 → $312,800 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $510 (-11.3%)	$1,556 → $1,793 (+15.2%)

Dearborn

Population

517545

Median household income

$46,000$48,333

Median home value

$118,800$175,000

Median gross rent

$575$510

Platte Woods

Population

485528

Median household income

$77,708$126,250

Median home value

$238,500$312,800

Median gross rent

$1,556$1,793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dearborn	Platte Woods
Under 5	6.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	21.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	16.9%
45 to 54	7.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.4%
75 and over	15.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dearborn	Platte Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	1.5%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dearborn	Platte Woods
No high school diploma	6.8%	3.9%
High school graduate	37.5%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dearborn	Platte Woods
Drove alone	83.5%	84.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dearborn	Platte Woods
1-unit, detached	70.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dearborn	Platte Woods
Poverty rate	8.3%	1.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	36	19
Median year structure built	1954	1960