Licking vs Plato

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

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

Licking has the higher population (2,816 vs 195 in Plato). Plato has the higher median household income ($57,750 vs $32,813 in Licking). Plato has the higher median home value ($146,700 vs $109,000 in Licking).

Population, income & housing

	Licking	Plato
Population	2,816	195
Median age	38.4 yrs	17.6 yrs
Median household income	$32,813	$57,750
Median home value	$109,000	$146,700
Median gross rent	$614	—
Housing units	842	58
Homeownership rate	56.8%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Licking	Plato
Population	2,705 → 2,816 (+4.1%)	73 → 195 (+167.1%)
Median household income	$28,086 → $32,813 (+16.8%)	$49,063 → $57,750 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$88,900 → $109,000 (+22.6%)	$129,200 → $146,700 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $614 (+6.2%)	—

Licking

Population

2,7052,816

Median household income

$28,086$32,813

Median home value

$88,900$109,000

Median gross rent

$578$614

Plato

Population

73195

Median household income

$49,063$57,750

Median home value

$129,200$146,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Licking	Plato
Under 5	6.9%	25.1%
5 to 17	7.8%	26.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	14.4%
25 to 34	19.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	17.5%	15.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	0.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	1.0%
75 and over	8.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Licking	Plato
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	83.6%
Black or African American	16.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	16.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Licking	Plato
No high school diploma	18.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	49.2%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Licking	Plato
Drove alone	64.4%	89.5%
Carpooled	23.5%	10.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Licking	Plato
1-unit, detached	67.6%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Licking	Plato
Poverty rate	36.3%	1.0%
Average household size	2.24	3.82
Mean commute (minutes)	19	50
Median year structure built	1974	1981