Platte Woods, MO population, income and ZIP codes

Platte Woods city is a very small community in Missouri, with 528 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #512 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 52% of them. The median age here is 40.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Platte Woods city earn a median of $126,250 a year, 60.8% above the national figure of $78,538 and 127% above the $55,543 median for the 374 Missouri cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 1.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Platte Woods city is valued at $312,800, 3.1% above the national figure and 105% above the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,793 a month, 27.5% above the national figure, or roughly $21,516 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 528 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Platte Woods city against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.