Plain Dealing vs Red Chute

A side-by-side comparison of Plain Dealing and Red Chute: population, income, housing, and more.

Plain Dealing and Red Chute are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Red Chute has the higher population (7,418 vs 852 in Plain Dealing). Red Chute has the higher median household income ($79,119 vs $31,298 in Plain Dealing). Red Chute has the higher median home value ($215,600 vs $99,700 in Plain Dealing).

Population, income & housing

	Plain Dealing	Red Chute
Population	852	7,418
Median age	53.7 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$31,298	$79,119
Median home value	$99,700	$215,600
Median gross rent	$493	$1,821
Housing units	528	2,831
Homeownership rate	63.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plain Dealing	Red Chute
Population	958 → 852 (-11.1%)	7,335 → 7,418 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$30,391 → $31,298 (+3.0%)	$52,043 → $79,119 (+52.0%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $99,700 (+14.7%)	$162,900 → $215,600 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $493 (-29.3%)	$1,057 → $1,821 (+72.3%)

Plain Dealing

Population

958852

Median household income

$30,391$31,298

Median home value

$86,900$99,700

Median gross rent

$697$493

Red Chute

Population

7,3357,418

Median household income

$52,043$79,119

Median home value

$162,900$215,600

Median gross rent

$1,057$1,821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plain Dealing	Red Chute
Under 5	3.3%	8.2%
5 to 17	8.7%	20.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	15.6%
35 to 44	4.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	22.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	18.0%	7.2%
75 and over	8.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plain Dealing	Red Chute
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	76.1%
Black or African American	37.1%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plain Dealing	Red Chute
No high school diploma	9.2%	5.8%
High school graduate	44.3%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plain Dealing	Red Chute
Drove alone	96.4%	78.5%
Carpooled	2.2%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.9%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plain Dealing	Red Chute
1-unit, detached	71.0%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Plain Dealing	Red Chute
Poverty rate	25.2%	14.1%
Average household size	2.04	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1969	1994