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Plain Dealing, LA

929 Population
1.6 square miles 588.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.5 ±6 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,231 ±$3,714 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: $34,556 ±$1,179
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,894 ±$12,611 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: $55,925 ±$1,490
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.6% ±13.3% (189  ±137) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 20.2% 76,342 (±1.1% / ±4,043)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.8 minutes ±8 (7,275  ±3,560) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 21.7 3,278,790 (±0.4 / ±81,118)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

407 ±135 Number of households
  • the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 157,101 ±1,217
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (916  ±307) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 2.4 378,765 (±0 / ±120)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2% ±3.2% (3  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 4.3% † 3,878 (±0.6% / ±550)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

552 ±156 Number of housing units
  • the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 182,052 ±94
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$140,300 ±$41,701 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: $191,600 ±$4,275
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±8% (108  ±81.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 12.6% 48,224 (±0.9% / ±3,507.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.9% ±38.7% (675  ±173.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 88.8% 233,321 (±1.5% / ±4,025.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.5% ±9.8% (94  ±80.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 26.1% 68,586 (±0.9% / ±2,283.6)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.4% ±4.3% (59  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 8.9% 25,679 (±0.4% / ±1,285)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
59 Total veterans ±40 57 Male ±40 2 Female ±5

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