Lake Waukomis vs Platte Woods

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

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

Lake Waukomis has the higher population (1,085 vs 528 in Platte Woods). Platte Woods has the higher median household income ($126,250 vs $119,519 in Lake Waukomis). Lake Waukomis has the higher median home value ($412,100 vs $312,800 in Platte Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Waukomis	Platte Woods
Population	1,085	528
Median age	45.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$119,519	$126,250
Median home value	$412,100	$312,800
Median gross rent	$1,438	$1,793
Housing units	453	209
Homeownership rate	97.2%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.9%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Waukomis	Platte Woods
Population	817 → 1,085 (+32.8%)	485 → 528 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$82,222 → $119,519 (+45.4%)	$77,708 → $126,250 (+62.5%)
Median home value	$246,800 → $412,100 (+67.0%)	$238,500 → $312,800 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,438 (+7.9%)	$1,556 → $1,793 (+15.2%)

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 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)

	Lake Waukomis	Platte Woods
Under 5	2.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.9%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	19.8%	16.9%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.9%
65 to 74	16.1%	10.4%
75 and over	6.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Waukomis	Platte Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
Asian	1.7%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Waukomis	Platte Woods
No high school diploma	1.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	20.2%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Waukomis	Platte Woods
Drove alone	74.2%	84.0%
Carpooled	1.5%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	12.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Waukomis	Platte Woods
1-unit, detached	99.8%	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	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Waukomis	Platte Woods
Poverty rate	3.4%	1.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1964	1960