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Basile, LA

2,096 Population
1.2 square miles 1,806.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.1 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$14,878 ±$3,127 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $34,845 ±$808
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$49,167 ±$15,717 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $60,910 ±$1,679
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

20.6% ±7.5% (334  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 18.5% 74,988 (±0.9% / ±3,675)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

27.4 minutes ±1.4 (11,605  ±3,818) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 25.1 4,285,655 (±0.6 / ±129,120)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

500 ±138 Number of households
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 162,763 ±1,271
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
3.2 ±1.2 (1,620  ±417) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 2.5 405,337 (±0 / ±118)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

1.8% ±3.5% (12  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.2% † 5,968 (±0.7% / ±634)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

647 ±150 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 185,064 ±113
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$92,100 ±$28,721 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $206,900 ±$3,876
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

29.5% ±11.6% (618  ±276.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 11.6% 47,028 (±0.8% / ±3,121.7)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

74.4% ±12% (888  ±244.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 87% 240,617 (±1.5% / ±4,176.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
4.7% ±4.6% (56  ±56.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 27% 74,659 (±0.8% / ±2,299.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

17.8% ±6.1% (374  ±151) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 3.8% 15,616
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

3.1% ±1.6% (44  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 5.7% 17,581 (±0.3% / ±990)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
44 Total veterans ±25 44 Male ±25 N/A Female ±14

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