Platte City vs Weston

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

Platte City and Weston 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 1,852 in Weston). Weston has the higher median household income ($91,625 vs $65,132 in Platte City). Weston has the higher median home value ($246,000 vs $195,000 in Platte City).

Population, income & housing

	Platte City	Weston
Population	4,793	1,852
Median age	38.1 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,132	$91,625
Median home value	$195,000	$246,000
Median gross rent	$1,173	$925
Housing units	2,200	856
Homeownership rate	46.2%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Platte City	Weston
Population	4,901 → 4,793 (-2.2%)	1,728 → 1,852 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$53,352 → $65,132 (+22.1%)	$68,000 → $91,625 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$170,600 → $195,000 (+14.3%)	$176,000 → $246,000 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$934 → $1,173 (+25.6%)	$835 → $925 (+10.8%)

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

Weston

Population

1,7281,852

Median household income

$68,000$91,625

Median home value

$176,000$246,000

Median gross rent

$835$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Platte City	Weston
Under 5	6.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	17.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	6.8%	12.1%
75 and over	4.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Platte City	Weston
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	90.8%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Platte City	Weston
No high school diploma	3.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	35.9%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Platte City	Weston
Drove alone	83.1%	87.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	4.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Platte City	Weston
1-unit, detached	39.5%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	19.5%	3.3%
20 or more units	10.5%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Platte City	Weston
Poverty rate	6.9%	4.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1982	1972