Ville Platte is home to 6,253 people in Louisiana. 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. 44% of homes are owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 31.2%, above the 12.5% national rate. Households here earn about 53% less than in Louisiana as a whole. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $101,200.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $28,361, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
13% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Ville Platte
What changed most since 1990
Black share47.1% → 64.8%(+17.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Poverty rate47.8% → 31.2%(−16.6 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants56.6% → 43.7%(−13.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Its weight in Evangeline Parish
Ville Platte's population equals 20% of Evangeline Parish's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 6.0% of the county's. Its number of households earning $100,000 or more equals 8.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)21.6%(59)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)8.1%(22)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era44.7%(122)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 273 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Ville Platte, decade by decade
Ville Platte population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
8,969
$23,326
$75,122
11.2%
62.8
2000
8,145
$23,530
$84,160
12.2%
62.7
2010
7,430
$29,458
$112,352
11.3%
59.8
2020
6,303
$24,419
$81,570
7.8%
61.6
2024
6,253
$28,361
$101,200
13.5%
63.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
