Houston vs Plato

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

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

Houston has the higher population (2,407 vs 195 in Plato). Plato has the higher median household income ($57,750 vs $41,250 in Houston). Plato has the higher median home value ($146,700 vs $115,200 in Houston).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	Plato
Population	2,407	195
Median age	35.7 yrs	17.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$57,750
Median home value	$115,200	$146,700
Median gross rent	$728	—
Housing units	1,107	58
Homeownership rate	57.5%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	Plato
Population	2,592 → 2,407 (-7.1%)	73 → 195 (+167.1%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $41,250 (+57.1%)	$49,063 → $57,750 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $115,200 (+13.4%)	$129,200 → $146,700 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $728 (+20.3%)	—

Houston

Population

2,5922,407

Median household income

$26,250$41,250

Median home value

$101,600$115,200

Median gross rent

$605$728

Plato

Population

73195

Median household income

$49,063$57,750

Median home value

$129,200$146,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston	Plato
Under 5	5.2%	25.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	26.7%
18 to 24	13.8%	14.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	0.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	1.0%
75 and over	9.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	Plato
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	16.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	Plato
No high school diploma	19.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.5%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	Plato
Drove alone	84.9%	89.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	10.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	Plato
1-unit, detached	79.1%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Houston	Plato
Poverty rate	30.9%	1.0%
Average household size	2.43	3.82
Mean commute (minutes)	17	50
Median year structure built	1966	1981