ZIP 70586 · Ville Platte
Who lives in ZIP code 70586 (Ville Platte, LA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Ville Platte, LA · Evangeline Parish
uszips 2026
People19,320
Median age37.4
Household income$40,129
Home value$135,596
Median rent$713/mo
Poverty23.6%
College degree+15.8%
Commute32 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 24 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 7,651
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
16.3% are 65 or older; 73.4% are adults.
Household income
20.8% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $24,418.
Education (adults 25+)
42.0% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
4.9% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 45.1%
- Never married
- 35.6%
- Divorced
- 11.8%
- Widowed
- 7.5%
- Family size
- 3.18
- Dual-income families
- 40.7%
Housing
- Own their home
- 65.4%
- Rent burden
- 40.0%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 51.0%
- Unemployment
- 10.6%
- Self-employed
- 11.6%
- Farmers
- 4.3%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 8.3%
- Veterans
- 6.4%
- With a disability
- 21.8%
- No health insurance
- 8.4%
- Limited English
- 1.9%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.