Platte City vs Riverside

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

Platte City and Riverside 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 4,153 in Riverside). Platte City has the higher median household income ($65,132 vs $50,882 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median home value ($314,600 vs $195,000 in Platte City).

Population, income & housing

	Platte City	Riverside
Population	4,793	4,153
Median age	38.1 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,132	$50,882
Median home value	$195,000	$314,600
Median gross rent	$1,173	$917
Housing units	2,200	1,684
Homeownership rate	46.2%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Platte City	Riverside
Population	4,901 → 4,793 (-2.2%)	3,342 → 4,153 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$53,352 → $65,132 (+22.1%)	$34,309 → $50,882 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$170,600 → $195,000 (+14.3%)	$224,400 → $314,600 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$934 → $1,173 (+25.6%)	$732 → $917 (+25.3%)

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

Riverside

Population

3,3424,153

Median household income

$34,309$50,882

Median home value

$224,400$314,600

Median gross rent

$732$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Platte City	Riverside
Under 5	6.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	18.6%
35 to 44	17.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.4%
75 and over	4.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Platte City	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	70.6%
Black or African American	3.3%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Platte City	Riverside
No high school diploma	3.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	35.9%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Platte City	Riverside
Drove alone	83.1%	66.1%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.2%	21.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Platte City	Riverside
1-unit, detached	39.5%	42.6%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	19.5%	28.1%
20 or more units	10.5%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Platte City	Riverside
Poverty rate	6.9%	21.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1982	1976