Best PlacesVille Platte, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ville Platte, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ville Platte ranks 47,704th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ville Platte
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Ville Platte's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ville Platte ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 80% of towns
Where Ville Platte ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ville Platte
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ville Platte home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,516, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Ville Platte's effective rate of 0.31%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ville Platte
Ville Platte's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ville Platte.
Who works in Ville Platte, and how
Work in Ville Platte centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Ville Platte
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ville Platte.
What the weather is like in Ville Platte, month by month
Ville Platte sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 58° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Ville Platte
The nearest airport, Lafayette Regional/Paul Fournet Field, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 131 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ville Platte
Schools across Ville Platte average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bayou Chicot Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
- James Stephens Montessori SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Plaisance Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Oakdale High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Rapides High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Mamou High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ville Platte school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ville Platte measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Ville Platte against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ville Platte
Is Ville Platte a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ville Platte ranks 47,704th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low property taxes, and walkability, and lowest on car insurance costs and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ville Platte expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $171,553. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $45,516 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Ville Platte safe?
Ville Platte is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,066 per resident a year.
Compare Ville Platte with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ville Platte. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ville Platte represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Ville Platte detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ville Platte: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ville Platte: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ville Platte: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ville Platte: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ville Platte detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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