Basile vs Ville Platte

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

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

Ville Platte has the higher population (6,299 vs 2,096 in Basile). Basile has the higher median household income ($49,167 vs $28,874 in Ville Platte). Basile has the higher median home value ($92,100 vs $88,100 in Ville Platte).

Population, income & housing

	Basile	Ville Platte
Population	2,096	6,299
Median age	30.1 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	$28,874
Median home value	$92,100	$88,100
Median gross rent	$837	$678
Housing units	647	3,260
Homeownership rate	61.4%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	20.8%	21.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basile	Ville Platte
Population	1,987 → 2,096 (+5.5%)	7,159 → 6,299 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$26,354 → $49,167 (+86.6%)	$19,616 → $28,874 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $92,100 (+69.6%)	$73,100 → $88,100 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $837 (+46.8%)	$570 → $678 (+18.9%)

Basile

Population

1,9872,096

Median household income

$26,354$49,167

Median home value

$54,300$92,100

Median gross rent

$570$837

Ville Platte

Population

7,1596,299

Median household income

$19,616$28,874

Median home value

$73,100$88,100

Median gross rent

$570$678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basile	Ville Platte
Under 5	9.5%	10.4%
5 to 17	22.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	11.5%	13.2%
25 to 34	20.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	7.7%	8.1%
55 to 64	7.3%	11.0%
65 to 74	3.2%	7.7%
75 and over	4.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basile	Ville Platte
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	24.9%
Black or African American	21.0%	66.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basile	Ville Platte
No high school diploma	25.6%	33.8%
High school graduate	42.8%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basile	Ville Platte
Drove alone	91.3%	77.5%
Carpooled	1.3%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.3%
Other means	1.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basile	Ville Platte
1-unit, detached	87.3%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Basile	Ville Platte
Poverty rate	20.6%	31.0%
Average household size	3.24	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1972	1976