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Platte County is accessible and affordable, not to mention aesthetically beautiful. From comfortable communities to quality schools to excellent shopping, dining and recreation, it’s an ideal place to live and work for families, couples and singles.
Over 84,000 people call Platte County home and here’s why…
We’re a growing and vital county…
Platte County’s population growth over the last four census decades has consistently beenat or above twenty percent
Our residents earn a great living working in great jobs…
Platte County is the 3rd highest per capita income in the state of Missouri and 2nd highestin the Kansas City MSA.
Our quality of life ranks in the top 100…
Platte County ranks in the top 100 of the 3,141 counties in the nation with regard to quality of life (According to American Business Journals, 2004)
We’re centrally located…
Platte County is within 250 miles of the geographic and population centers of the United States, making it perfect for travel to both coasts, and for traveling by car to a variety of vacation and business destinations. In fact, the area boasts more interstate highway miles per capita than any other metro area in the country, including three Interstates (I-70, I-35, I-29), four Interstate Linkages (I-435, I-635, I-470, I-670), and ten Federal Highways.
Easy fly-in for friends & family…
Platte County is home to Kansas City International
Airport (KCI), which was voted “most user-friendly airport” by the World Travel
Award Committee. JD Power and Associates
also ranked KCI #1
“medium-sized airport” in overall customer satisfaction. Plus, KCI Airport is
in the heart of Platte County, only 20 miles (20 minutes) from
downtown Kansas City.
We hope you find the information in this section helpful. Our partners also have an abundance of information on the area. If you're looking for more detail please look to the Live/Work section of The Kansas City Area Development Council's website. Simply click on the logo below.
