Christian County vs Platte County

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

Christian 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.

Platte County has the higher population (108,751 vs 91,229 in Christian County). Platte County has the higher median household income ($95,748 vs $81,245 in Christian County). Platte County has the higher median home value ($317,600 vs $249,700 in Christian County).

Population, income & housing

	Christian County	Platte County
Population	91,229	108,751
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$81,245	$95,748
Median home value	$249,700	$317,600
Median gross rent	$979	$1,247
Housing units	35,972	46,045
Homeownership rate	76.0%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christian County	Platte County
Population	85,658 → 91,229 (+6.5%)	100,682 → 108,751 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$60,645 → $81,245 (+34.0%)	$80,393 → $95,748 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$169,000 → $249,700 (+47.8%)	$226,500 → $317,600 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $979 (+20.0%)	$1,019 → $1,247 (+22.4%)

Christian County

Population

85,65891,229

Median household income

$60,645$81,245

Median home value

$169,000$249,700

Median gross rent

$816$979

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)

	Christian County	Platte County
Under 5	6.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.7%
75 and over	6.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christian County	Platte County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christian County	Platte County
No high school diploma	6.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	27.0%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christian County	Platte County
Drove alone	79.3%	76.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	16.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christian County	Platte County
1-unit, detached	81.3%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	11.5%
20 or more units	1.6%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Christian County	Platte County
Poverty rate	8.7%	6.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1999	1991