Pine Prairie vs Ville Platte

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

Pine Prairie 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 1,242 in Pine Prairie). Pine Prairie has the higher median household income ($32,917 vs $28,874 in Ville Platte). Pine Prairie has the higher median home value ($153,700 vs $88,100 in Ville Platte).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Prairie	Ville Platte
Population	1,242	6,299
Median age	38.8 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$32,917	$28,874
Median home value	$153,700	$88,100
Median gross rent	$704	$678
Housing units	433	3,260
Homeownership rate	59.1%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	21.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Prairie	Ville Platte
Population	1,331 → 1,242 (-6.7%)	7,159 → 6,299 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$36,500 → $32,917 (-9.8%)	$19,616 → $28,874 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$95,700 → $153,700 (+60.6%)	$73,100 → $88,100 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $704 (+9.3%)	$570 → $678 (+18.9%)

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

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)

	Pine Prairie	Ville Platte
Under 5	3.0%	10.4%
5 to 17	13.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	13.2%
25 to 34	18.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	8.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.7%
75 and over	13.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Prairie	Ville Platte
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	24.9%
Black or African American	4.6%	66.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Prairie	Ville Platte
No high school diploma	28.1%	33.8%
High school graduate	43.5%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Prairie	Ville Platte
Drove alone	87.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Prairie	Ville Platte
1-unit, detached	74.1%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Pine Prairie	Ville Platte
Poverty rate	32.8%	31.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1979	1976