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Ville Platte, LA

6,299 Population
4 square miles 1,568.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Evangeline Parish: 37.7 ±1.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$16,796 ±$1,958 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Evangeline Parish: $24,765 ±$1,196
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$28,874 ±$6,020 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Evangeline Parish: $42,273 ±$3,491
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

31% ±8.7% (1,926  ±542) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Evangeline Parish: 23% † 7,022 (±2.6% / ±781)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

18 minutes ±4.2 (35,885  ±10,213) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Evangeline Parish: 33.6 373,410 (±2.8 / ±36,623)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

2,577 ±221 Number of households
  • Evangeline Parish: 12,240 ±258
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.4 ±0.2 (6,280  ±17) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Evangeline Parish: 2.5 30,732 (±0.1 / ±108)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

11% ±7.8% (146  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Evangeline Parish: 6.3% † 454 (±2.1% / ±154)
  • about double the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

3,260 ±229 Number of housing units
  • Evangeline Parish: 14,523 ±57
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$88,100 ±$28,192 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Evangeline Parish: $118,500 † ±$12,029
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

14.9% ±7.9% (916  ±487.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Evangeline Parish: 10.2% † 3,240 (±2.2% / ±708.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

66.2% ±8.8% (2,509  ±368.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Evangeline Parish: 79.1% 16,654 (±4% / ±848.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
11.2% ±5.3% (424  ±201.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Evangeline Parish: 12.6% † 2,646 (±1.7% / ±367.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

0.5% ±0.6% (34  ±38) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Evangeline Parish: 3.2% 1,020
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

4.3% ±2.1% (199  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Evangeline Parish: 5.7% † 1,362 (±1.1% / ±267)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
199 Total veterans ±96 191 Male ±94 8 Female ±12

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