Cass County vs Platte County

A side-by-side comparison of Cass County and Platte County: population, income, housing, and more.

Cass County and Platte County are counties in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cass County has the higher population (109,393 vs 108,751 in Platte County). Platte County has the higher median household income ($95,748 vs $87,413 in Cass County). Platte County has the higher median home value ($317,600 vs $269,000 in Cass County).

Population, income & housing

	Cass County	Platte County
Population	109,393	108,751
Median age	40.1 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$87,413	$95,748
Median home value	$269,000	$317,600
Median gross rent	$1,147	$1,247
Housing units	44,928	46,045
Homeownership rate	75.9%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass County	Platte County
Population	103,597 → 109,393 (+5.6%)	100,682 → 108,751 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$69,433 → $87,413 (+25.9%)	$80,393 → $95,748 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$181,000 → $269,000 (+48.6%)	$226,500 → $317,600 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,147 (+17.6%)	$1,019 → $1,247 (+22.4%)

Cass County

Population

103,597109,393

Median household income

$69,433$87,413

Median home value

$181,000$269,000

Median gross rent

$975$1,147

Platte County

Population

100,682108,751

Median household income

$80,393$95,748

Median home value

$226,500$317,600

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass County	Platte County
Under 5	5.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.7%
75 and over	7.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass County	Platte County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	77.5%
Black or African American	4.4%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass County	Platte County
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	32.2%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass County	Platte County
Drove alone	78.9%	76.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	16.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass County	Platte County
1-unit, detached	78.5%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	11.5%
20 or more units	1.6%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cass County	Platte County
Poverty rate	6.5%	6.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1991	1991