Houston Lake vs Platte Woods

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

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

Platte Woods has the higher population (528 vs 330 in Houston Lake). Platte Woods has the higher median household income ($126,250 vs $81,250 in Houston Lake). Platte Woods has the higher median home value ($312,800 vs $245,800 in Houston Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Houston Lake	Platte Woods
Population	330	528
Median age	44.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$126,250
Median home value	$245,800	$312,800
Median gross rent	$1,610	$1,793
Housing units	142	209
Homeownership rate	71.1%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston Lake	Platte Woods
Population	337 → 330 (-2.1%)	485 → 528 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$68,333 → $81,250 (+18.9%)	$77,708 → $126,250 (+62.5%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $245,800 (+78.8%)	$238,500 → $312,800 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,610 (+78.9%)	$1,556 → $1,793 (+15.2%)

Houston Lake

Population

337330

Median household income

$68,333$81,250

Median home value

$137,500$245,800

Median gross rent

$900$1,610

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)

	Houston Lake	Platte Woods
Under 5	2.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	5.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	24.5%	16.9%
45 to 54	19.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	14.5%	10.4%
75 and over	2.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston Lake	Platte Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	83.1%
Black or African American	2.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston Lake	Platte Woods
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.9%
High school graduate	27.8%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	47.8%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston Lake	Platte Woods
Drove alone	60.8%	84.0%
Carpooled	10.8%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.6%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston Lake	Platte Woods
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Houston Lake	Platte Woods
Poverty rate	6.1%	1.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1958	1960