Platte City vs Weatherby Lake

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

Platte City and Weatherby Lake 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 2,465 in Weatherby Lake). Weatherby Lake has the higher median household income ($168,125 vs $65,132 in Platte City). Weatherby Lake has the higher median home value ($486,000 vs $195,000 in Platte City).

Population, income & housing

	Platte City	Weatherby Lake
Population	4,793	2,465
Median age	38.1 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,132	$168,125
Median home value	$195,000	$486,000
Median gross rent	$1,173	—
Housing units	2,200	994
Homeownership rate	46.2%	97.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	61.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Platte City	Weatherby Lake
Population	4,901 → 4,793 (-2.2%)	2,088 → 2,465 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$53,352 → $65,132 (+22.1%)	$127,321 → $168,125 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$170,600 → $195,000 (+14.3%)	$367,100 → $486,000 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$934 → $1,173 (+25.6%)	$2,039 → $2,036 (-0.1%)

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

Weatherby Lake

Population

2,0882,465

Median household income

$127,321$168,125

Median home value

$367,100$486,000

Median gross rent

$2,039$2,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Platte City	Weatherby Lake
Under 5	6.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	19.7%	21.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	2.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	4.2%
35 to 44	17.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	15.5%
75 and over	4.8%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Platte City	Weatherby Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	87.2%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Platte City	Weatherby Lake
No high school diploma	3.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	35.9%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	32.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Platte City	Weatherby Lake
Drove alone	83.1%	63.9%
Carpooled	10.9%	5.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	29.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Platte City	Weatherby Lake
1-unit, detached	39.5%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Platte City	Weatherby Lake
Poverty rate	6.9%	3.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1982	1983