Cabool vs Plato

A side-by-side comparison of Cabool and Plato: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cabool has the higher population (2,460 vs 195 in Plato). Plato has the higher median household income ($57,750 vs $30,781 in Cabool). Plato has the higher median home value ($146,700 vs $100,400 in Cabool).

Population, income & housing

	Cabool	Plato
Population	2,460	195
Median age	38.7 yrs	17.6 yrs
Median household income	$30,781	$57,750
Median home value	$100,400	$146,700
Median gross rent	$638	—
Housing units	1,138	58
Homeownership rate	51.2%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cabool	Plato
Population	2,426 → 2,460 (+1.4%)	73 → 195 (+167.1%)
Median household income	$25,399 → $30,781 (+21.2%)	$49,063 → $57,750 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $100,400 (+9.8%)	$129,200 → $146,700 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $638 (+22.2%)	—

Cabool

Population

2,4262,460

Median household income

$25,399$30,781

Median home value

$91,400$100,400

Median gross rent

$522$638

Plato

Population

73195

Median household income

$49,063$57,750

Median home value

$129,200$146,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cabool	Plato
Under 5	9.1%	25.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	26.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	14.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	0.5%
65 to 74	6.5%	1.0%
75 and over	9.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cabool	Plato
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	16.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cabool	Plato
No high school diploma	17.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.2%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cabool	Plato
Drove alone	77.8%	89.5%
Carpooled	15.6%	10.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cabool	Plato
1-unit, detached	67.3%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Cabool	Plato
Poverty rate	34.4%	1.0%
Average household size	2.26	3.82
Mean commute (minutes)	16	50
Median year structure built	1977	1981