Jasper County vs Platte County

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

Jasper 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.

Jasper County has the higher population (123,532 vs 108,751 in Platte County). Platte County has the higher median household income ($95,748 vs $57,525 in Jasper County). Platte County has the higher median home value ($317,600 vs $158,500 in Jasper County).

Population, income & housing

	Jasper County	Platte County
Population	123,532	108,751
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,525	$95,748
Median home value	$158,500	$317,600
Median gross rent	$904	$1,247
Housing units	53,749	46,045
Homeownership rate	63.2%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jasper County	Platte County
Population	119,920 → 123,532 (+3.0%)	100,682 → 108,751 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$48,357 → $57,525 (+19.0%)	$80,393 → $95,748 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$118,400 → $158,500 (+33.9%)	$226,500 → $317,600 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $904 (+16.5%)	$1,019 → $1,247 (+22.4%)

Jasper County

Population

119,920123,532

Median household income

$48,357$57,525

Median home value

$118,400$158,500

Median gross rent

$776$904

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)

	Jasper County	Platte County
Under 5	6.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.7%
75 and over	6.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jasper County	Platte County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	77.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jasper County	Platte County
No high school diploma	11.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	34.5%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jasper County	Platte County
Drove alone	80.1%	76.2%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	16.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jasper County	Platte County
1-unit, detached	75.1%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	11.5%
20 or more units	3.6%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Jasper County	Platte County
Poverty rate	18.4%	6.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1985	1991