Ville Platte, Louisiana

Ville Platte population, 2020 to 2024

Ville Platte lost 172 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -70. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 31st; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Ville Platte is 53% of it.

Ville Platte covers 4.02 square miles of land, for 1,529 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Ville Platte is close to the typical town.

What county Ville Platte is in

All of Ville Platte's residents live in Evangeline Parish, which had 31,745 residents in 2024. Ville Platte holds 19.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ville Platte

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ville Platte by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70586. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Ville Platte is

The Census internal point of Ville Platte is at 30.689900, -92.274200. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 66.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Opelousas, LA (15,176 people), 16.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA, 36.5 miles away.

Daylight in Ville Platte

At 30.69° N, Ville Platte gets about 14 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ville Platte

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Mamou, 9.3 miles away, with 2,817 people.