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Ville Platte, LA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ville Platte, LA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 20,313. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet VILLE-PLATTE-LA · Ville Platte, LA 1 ZIPs · 20,313 pop · #23906/25278 · Evangeline Parish

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $40,129
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23906/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Pine Prairie
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 65% owners
  • POP-TOWN 20,313
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $147,000

Nearest income peer: Pine Prairie, LA ( $5,981 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Ville Platte

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Ville Platte on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Ville Platte, LA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

5th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
20,313
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$40,129
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($40,129 average) · poverty 23.6%. The primary code (70586) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (65.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Ville Platte as a pure owner town.

Within Louisiana, Jonesboro is the closest lower-income city and Springhill the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Ville Platte.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 70586, is all of Ville Platte

There is no split to weigh here: 70586 holds every one of Ville Platte's 20,313 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Ville Platte's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 341 establishments, 5,001 employees , annual payroll $198,271k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 70586 (341 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (72) · also Retail trade · Finance and insurance .

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ZIP Codes in Ville Platte, LA

These ZIP codes sit in Evangeline Parish, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Ville Platte. See the Evangeline Parish roll-up →

Ville Platte lands mid-pack among the 4 cities sharing Evangeline Parish: Basile and Saint Landry earn more and Mamou and Pine Prairie earn less. Basile marks the far end of that range at $65,991, 64% above Ville Platte.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
70586 20,313 $40,129 341 26
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Ville Platte roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Ville Platte, .