Mamou vs Ville Platte

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

Mamou 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 2,884 in Mamou). Ville Platte has the higher median household income ($28,874 vs $19,841 in Mamou). Mamou has the higher median home value ($88,300 vs $88,100 in Ville Platte).

Population, income & housing

	Mamou	Ville Platte
Population	2,884	6,299
Median age	40.3 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$19,841	$28,874
Median home value	$88,300	$88,100
Median gross rent	$519	$678
Housing units	1,493	3,260
Homeownership rate	46.5%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	21.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mamou	Ville Platte
Population	3,156 → 2,884 (-8.6%)	7,159 → 6,299 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$26,146 → $19,841 (-24.1%)	$19,616 → $28,874 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$80,600 → $88,300 (+9.6%)	$73,100 → $88,100 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$457 → $519 (+13.6%)	$570 → $678 (+18.9%)

Mamou

Population

3,1562,884

Median household income

$26,146$19,841

Median home value

$80,600$88,300

Median gross rent

$457$519

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)

	Mamou	Ville Platte
Under 5	7.0%	10.4%
5 to 17	21.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	13.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	19.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	4.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	7.7%
75 and over	4.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mamou	Ville Platte
White (non-Hispanic)	37.5%	24.9%
Black or African American	47.2%	66.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	12.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mamou	Ville Platte
No high school diploma	14.4%	33.8%
High school graduate	63.6%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	11.9%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mamou	Ville Platte
Drove alone	60.3%	77.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.5%	10.5%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	36.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mamou	Ville Platte
1-unit, detached	53.0%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	29.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	3.4%
20 or more units	7.4%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Mamou	Ville Platte
Poverty rate	57.8%	31.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1982	1976