Platte Woods vs Weston

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

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

Weston has the higher population (1,852 vs 528 in Platte Woods). Platte Woods has the higher median household income ($126,250 vs $91,625 in Weston). Platte Woods has the higher median home value ($312,800 vs $246,000 in Weston).

Population, income & housing

	Platte Woods	Weston
Population	528	1,852
Median age	40.3 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$126,250	$91,625
Median home value	$312,800	$246,000
Median gross rent	$1,793	$925
Housing units	209	856
Homeownership rate	71.7%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Platte Woods	Weston
Population	485 → 528 (+8.9%)	1,728 → 1,852 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$77,708 → $126,250 (+62.5%)	$68,000 → $91,625 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$238,500 → $312,800 (+31.2%)	$176,000 → $246,000 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,556 → $1,793 (+15.2%)	$835 → $925 (+10.8%)

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

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 Woods	Weston
Under 5	7.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	16.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.1%
75 and over	6.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Platte Woods	Weston
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	90.8%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	6.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Platte Woods	Weston
No high school diploma	3.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	20.4%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Platte Woods	Weston
Drove alone	84.0%	87.0%
Carpooled	2.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Platte Woods	Weston
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Platte Woods	Weston
Poverty rate	1.1%	4.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1960	1972