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La Plata is a small town of 1,351 people in Macon County, Missouri. It's about 75 miles from Columbia, MO and 126 miles from Kansas City, MO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 34°F, with about 19 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $106k and rent runs about $334 a month.
1,351people
$106kTypical home
$334/moRent
86° / 34°Summer / winter
19"Snow
235Sunny days
111Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,351
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 851 people per sq mi
- 126 mi to Kansas City, MO
- 75 mi to Columbia, MO
- 13 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $106k (≈$667/mo)
- Median rent $334/mo
- Median household income $50k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 34°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 235 sunny days a year (94 totally clear)
- 130 cloudy days a year
- 41 of 90 winter days are gray
- 111 days a year with rain or snow
- 19" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 22 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (106 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (660 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 44
- 24% of households have kids
- 26% are 65 or older
- 16% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 6 mi to IRK airport
- 121 mi to DSM (major hub)
- Amtrak station in town
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1964
- 76% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 951 ft
- 678 mi to the ocean
- 284 mi to a big lake
- 12 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 12 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 25 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 74 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of Missouri districts (reading)
- 13 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 59 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 13 mi to the nearest vet
- 18 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 12 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Macon County: R+62 in 2024
- Missouri: R+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk