Basile vs Chataignier

A side-by-side comparison of Basile and Chataignier: population, income, housing, and more.

Basile and Chataignier are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Basile has the higher population (2,096 vs 348 in Chataignier). Basile has the higher median household income ($49,167 vs $36,528 in Chataignier). Basile has the higher median home value ($92,100 vs $91,400 in Chataignier).

Population, income & housing

	Basile	Chataignier
Population	2,096	348
Median age	30.1 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	$36,528
Median home value	$92,100	$91,400
Median gross rent	$837	$790
Housing units	647	209
Homeownership rate	61.4%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	20.8%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basile	Chataignier
Population	1,987 → 2,096 (+5.5%)	306 → 348 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$26,354 → $49,167 (+86.6%)	$30,313 → $36,528 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $92,100 (+69.6%)	$78,500 → $91,400 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $837 (+46.8%)	$509 → $790 (+55.2%)

Basile

Population

1,9872,096

Median household income

$26,354$49,167

Median home value

$54,300$92,100

Median gross rent

$570$837

Chataignier

Population

306348

Median household income

$30,313$36,528

Median home value

$78,500$91,400

Median gross rent

$509$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basile	Chataignier
Under 5	9.5%	17.0%
5 to 17	22.1%	8.0%
18 to 24	11.5%	15.5%
25 to 34	20.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	8.9%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	7.3%	17.2%
65 to 74	3.2%	9.8%
75 and over	4.2%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basile	Chataignier
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	34.2%
Black or African American	21.0%	62.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basile	Chataignier
No high school diploma	25.6%	17.4%
High school graduate	42.8%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basile	Chataignier
Drove alone	91.3%	80.6%
Carpooled	1.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	5.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	11.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basile	Chataignier
1-unit, detached	87.3%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Basile	Chataignier
Poverty rate	20.6%	17.0%
Average household size	3.24	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1972	1973