Lake Waukomis vs Platte City

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

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

Platte City has the higher population (4,793 vs 1,085 in Lake Waukomis). Lake Waukomis has the higher median household income ($119,519 vs $65,132 in Platte City). Lake Waukomis has the higher median home value ($412,100 vs $195,000 in Platte City).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Waukomis	Platte City
Population	1,085	4,793
Median age	45.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$119,519	$65,132
Median home value	$412,100	$195,000
Median gross rent	$1,438	$1,173
Housing units	453	2,200
Homeownership rate	97.2%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.9%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Waukomis	Platte City
Population	817 → 1,085 (+32.8%)	4,901 → 4,793 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$82,222 → $119,519 (+45.4%)	$53,352 → $65,132 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$246,800 → $412,100 (+67.0%)	$170,600 → $195,000 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,438 (+7.9%)	$934 → $1,173 (+25.6%)

Lake Waukomis

Population

8171,085

Median household income

$82,222$119,519

Median home value

$246,800$412,100

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,438

Platte City

Population

4,9014,793

Median household income

$53,352$65,132

Median home value

$170,600$195,000

Median gross rent

$934$1,173

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Waukomis	Platte City
Under 5	2.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	19.7%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	8.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	19.8%	17.2%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	16.1%	6.8%
75 and over	6.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Waukomis	Platte City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
Asian	1.7%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Waukomis	Platte City
No high school diploma	1.5%	3.0%
High school graduate	20.2%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Waukomis	Platte City
Drove alone	74.2%	83.1%
Carpooled	1.5%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	4.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Waukomis	Platte City
1-unit, detached	99.8%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Waukomis	Platte City
Poverty rate	3.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1964	1982