Plato vs Summersville

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

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

Summersville has the higher population (427 vs 195 in Plato). Plato has the higher median household income ($57,750 vs $40,000 in Summersville). Plato has the higher median home value ($146,700 vs $63,700 in Summersville).

Population, income & housing

	Plato	Summersville
Population	195	427
Median age	17.6 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,750	$40,000
Median home value	$146,700	$63,700
Median gross rent	—	$575
Housing units	58	252
Homeownership rate	96.1%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plato	Summersville
Population	73 → 195 (+167.1%)	515 → 427 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$49,063 → $57,750 (+17.7%)	$23,125 → $40,000 (+73.0%)
Median home value	$129,200 → $146,700 (+13.5%)	$66,800 → $63,700 (-4.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$536 → $575 (+7.3%)

Plato

Population

73195

Median household income

$49,063$57,750

Median home value

$129,200$146,700

Summersville

Population

515427

Median household income

$23,125$40,000

Median home value

$66,800$63,700

Median gross rent

$536$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plato	Summersville
Under 5	25.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	26.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	14.4%	14.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	0.5%	10.3%
65 to 74	1.0%	7.5%
75 and over	4.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plato	Summersville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	16.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plato	Summersville
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	25.8%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plato	Summersville
Drove alone	89.5%	82.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plato	Summersville
1-unit, detached	86.2%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Plato	Summersville
Poverty rate	1.0%	23.4%
Average household size	3.82	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	50	26
Median year structure built	1981	1968