Basile vs Pine Prairie

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

Basile and Pine Prairie 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 1,242 in Pine Prairie). Basile has the higher median household income ($49,167 vs $32,917 in Pine Prairie). Pine Prairie has the higher median home value ($153,700 vs $92,100 in Basile).

Population, income & housing

	Basile	Pine Prairie
Population	2,096	1,242
Median age	30.1 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	$32,917
Median home value	$92,100	$153,700
Median gross rent	$837	$704
Housing units	647	433
Homeownership rate	61.4%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	20.8%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basile	Pine Prairie
Population	1,987 → 2,096 (+5.5%)	1,331 → 1,242 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$26,354 → $49,167 (+86.6%)	$36,500 → $32,917 (-9.8%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $92,100 (+69.6%)	$95,700 → $153,700 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $837 (+46.8%)	$644 → $704 (+9.3%)

Basile

Population

1,9872,096

Median household income

$26,354$49,167

Median home value

$54,300$92,100

Median gross rent

$570$837

Pine Prairie

Population

1,3311,242

Median household income

$36,500$32,917

Median home value

$95,700$153,700

Median gross rent

$644$704

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basile	Pine Prairie
Under 5	9.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	22.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	11.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	20.6%	18.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	7.7%	8.2%
55 to 64	7.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	3.2%	10.0%
75 and over	4.2%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basile	Pine Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	72.6%
Black or African American	21.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basile	Pine Prairie
No high school diploma	25.6%	28.1%
High school graduate	42.8%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basile	Pine Prairie
Drove alone	91.3%	87.5%
Carpooled	1.3%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basile	Pine Prairie
1-unit, detached	87.3%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Basile	Pine Prairie
Poverty rate	20.6%	32.8%
Average household size	3.24	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1972	1979