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Deville, LA

Deville's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

1,261
Residents
$1,007
Median rent (state)
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Sheet LA-DEVILLE-LA · Deville, LA 1,261 pop

POP-VILLAGE · INC-UNK · COL-BELOW · SAFE-UNK · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · HOME-UNK · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 1,261
  • INC-UNK Income pending
  • COL-BELOW 88.2
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Deville on ACS population and median household income . Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar population

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,261.

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Deville - the verdict

Deville has 1,261 residents in Louisiana. Source: Census ACS.

16th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Deville, LA

1,261 people live in Deville, Louisiana - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The median resident age is 35.0 years. Educational attainment runs 11.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 44.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

The city is served by 3 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.

Living costs in Louisiana run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Louisiana scores 88.2 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,007 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Louisiana's average monthly utility costs around $212 (state average). Commute times here average 32.4 minutes, with 86.3% driving alone and 13.7% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 62.4 out of 100 (Moderate).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Deville's data

How this reading path is ordered

This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to schools and households to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Deville, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count. No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

1. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for Deville?

Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.

Within Louisiana, the closest population matches are Montegut (1,264 residents, $32,500 income); Slaughter (1,264 residents, $80,417 income); Mansura (1,254 residents, $20,938 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Stillman Valley, IL (1,261 residents); Petersburg, MI (1,261 residents); Goodhue, MN (1,261 residents). These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.

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2. Schools and households

What does the education layer cover for Deville?

The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.

The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 11.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.

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Question 3

What does the journey to work look like in Deville?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 86.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 32.4 minutes.

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.

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Population

1,261 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

N/A /yr

Poverty 24.7%

Cost of Living Index (state)

88.2 (US=100)

Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Louisiana average

City profile score · Deville, LA

38/100

3 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Cost of living A+
88.2 index

BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.

Bachelor's+ share F
11.1%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Poverty rate F
24.7%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Household income N/A
N/A

No ACS median household income on file for this place.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Deville profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 3-axis radar comparing 1 series across Cost of living, Bachelor's+ share, Poverty rate. Cost of livingBachelor's+ sharePoverty rate 38 F
Deville profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Cost of living: 92/100 (A+) · 88.2 index
  • Bachelor's+ share: 9/100 (F) · 11.1%
  • Poverty rate: 6/100 (F) · 24.7%

How does Deville compare to other US cities?

Where Deville sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.

Median rent 16% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Deville against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Louisiana only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.

Louisiana-relative analysis

Median Gross Rent places Deville near the bottom of Louisiana's cities

Among the 477 Louisiana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Deville ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Deville only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Gross Rent
#1 of 477
0th percentile in Louisiana
Poverty Rate
#128 of 475
73rd percentile in Louisiana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#312 of 477
35th percentile in Louisiana
How in-state ranks are ordered

Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Louisiana only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.

Income distribution context

Median household income is not available for Deville in the current Census ACS release (common for very small places).

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 11.1%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 24.7%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 44.1%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
1,261
Median Income
N/A
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
35.0
Poverty Rate
24.7%
Labor force participation
44.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
11.1%

Schools

Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Average Commute Time
32.4 minutes
Drive Alone
86.3%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
13.7%

Based on 452 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

Louisiana statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $212

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Louisiana at $212 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $42 ).

These are Louisiana statewide averages, not a meter reading for Deville. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

Louisiana's BEA cost-of-living index is 88.2 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Deville is $1,007/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Louisiana statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 62.4 / 100 (Moderate).

Cost/risk geography note

Cost of living is a Louisiana statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Deville sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Deville compares to similar-size Louisiana cities

Same-state peer method

Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.

City Population Median Household Income
Deville (this city) 1,261 N/A
Montegut 1,264 $32,500
Slaughter 1,264 $80,417
Mansura 1,254 $20,938
NCES CCD
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Citation & verification links Data sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCities

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES. Joins use OMB Bulletin 23-01 / FIPS keys.

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