Turkey Creek vs Ville Platte

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

Turkey Creek 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 401 in Turkey Creek). Turkey Creek has the higher median household income ($61,042 vs $28,874 in Ville Platte). Turkey Creek has the higher median home value ($154,500 vs $88,100 in Ville Platte).

Population, income & housing

	Turkey Creek	Ville Platte
Population	401	6,299
Median age	28.9 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,042	$28,874
Median home value	$154,500	$88,100
Median gross rent	$913	$678
Housing units	178	3,260
Homeownership rate	78.3%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	21.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Turkey Creek	Ville Platte
Population	458 → 401 (-12.4%)	7,159 → 6,299 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$39,688 → $61,042 (+53.8%)	$19,616 → $28,874 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $154,500 (+110.2%)	$73,100 → $88,100 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$571 → $913 (+59.9%)	$570 → $678 (+18.9%)

Turkey Creek

Population

458401

Median household income

$39,688$61,042

Median home value

$73,500$154,500

Median gross rent

$571$913

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)

	Turkey Creek	Ville Platte
Under 5	11.2%	10.4%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	13.2%
25 to 34	19.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	8.1%
55 to 64	3.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.7%
75 and over	8.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Turkey Creek	Ville Platte
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	24.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	66.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.7%	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	13.7%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Turkey Creek	Ville Platte
No high school diploma	15.1%	33.8%
High school graduate	50.8%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Turkey Creek	Ville Platte
Drove alone	63.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	21.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	4.3%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.3%
Other means	6.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Turkey Creek	Ville Platte
1-unit, detached	56.2%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	41.0%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Turkey Creek	Ville Platte
Poverty rate	20.4%	31.0%
Average household size	2.80	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	33	18
Median year structure built	1993	1976