Reddell vs Ville Platte

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

Reddell 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 617 in Reddell). Reddell has the higher median household income ($49,375 vs $28,874 in Ville Platte). Ville Platte has the higher median home value ($88,100 vs $56,100 in Reddell).

Population, income & housing

	Reddell	Ville Platte
Population	617	6,299
Median age	51.1 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,375	$28,874
Median home value	$56,100	$88,100
Median gross rent	$687	$678
Housing units	431	3,260
Homeownership rate	54.8%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	21.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reddell	Ville Platte
Population	895 → 617 (-31.1%)	7,159 → 6,299 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$33,681 → $49,375 (+46.6%)	$19,616 → $28,874 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$103,200 → $56,100 (-45.6%)	$73,100 → $88,100 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $687 (+18.4%)	$570 → $678 (+18.9%)

Reddell

Population

895617

Median household income

$33,681$49,375

Median home value

$103,200$56,100

Median gross rent

$580$687

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)

	Reddell	Ville Platte
Under 5	0.0%	10.4%
5 to 17	12.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	16.9%	13.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	21.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	5.3%	7.7%
75 and over	20.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reddell	Ville Platte
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	24.9%
Black or African American	10.7%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reddell	Ville Platte
No high school diploma	16.3%	33.8%
High school graduate	39.5%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reddell	Ville Platte
Drove alone	93.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	2.4%	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	4.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reddell	Ville Platte
1-unit, detached	79.1%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Reddell	Ville Platte
Poverty rate	27.6%	31.0%
Average household size	1.54	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1989	1976