Census-designated place · Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Deville, Louisiana

Deville is a census-designated place in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, part of the Alexandria, LA metro area. It has 1,572 residents. Deville, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 4 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,966 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #160 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), mental health providers (high) and pharmacies (high). It ranks worst on violent crime rate (high), property crime rate (high) and distance to an airport (high).

4Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,966 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #160 of 262 in LA
Population: 1,572 (2020-2024)
Land area: 13 mi²
Density: 119.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 2220890

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety1#15,501/15,637
Economy8#14,335/15,631
Housing—
Health6#14,630/15,609
Healthcare42#9,071/15,650
Environment44#8,691/15,453
Education8#14,351/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,192/15,650
Community14#13,413/15,651
Leisure & amenities51#7,613/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Deville, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Rapides Parish value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.11%
100/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Mental health providers · high593 /100k
92/100Louisiana 365 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRapides Parish value
Pharmacies · high2.5 /10k
91/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRapides Parish value
Social associations · high12.6 /10k
80/100Louisiana 9.4 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRapides Parish value
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Louisiana 0 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyRapides Parish value
Natural hazard risk · low17.0
74/100Louisiana 71.72025Federal Emergency Management AgencyRapides Parish value

Weaknesses

Violent crime rate · high1,334 /100k
0/100Louisiana 515 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureRapides Parish value
Property crime rate · high3,460 /100k
1/100Louisiana 1,966 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureRapides Parish value
Distance to an airport · high155 mi
2/100Louisiana 80 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauRapides Parish value
Depression · high31.3%
3/100Louisiana 27.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Broadband subscriptions · low69.5%
3/100Louisiana 86.6%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Child poverty rate · high22.7%
3/100Louisiana 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,314 (2015-2019) → 1,572 (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
100.0% (2015-2019) → 20.2% (2020-2024)
−80 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
51.0% (2015-2019) → 14.2% (2020-2024)
−37 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
24.1% (2015-2019) → 5.3% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
83.7% (2015-2019) → 69.5% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
36.4% (2015-2019) → 22.7% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Deville, Louisiana improved on 0 of 4 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 4 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 4 measures

Change of every measure of Deville, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Broadband subscriptions	83.7%2015-2019	69.5%2020-2024	−14 points	Within the margin of error	0%
High school diploma or higher	88.6%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3752015-2019	0.5042020-2024	+0.129	Within the margin of error	2%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15075 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Deville, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Deville, Louisiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Deville, Louisiana five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Deville, Louisiana itself moved −38.7 points in standing on average over the same 3 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,572 residents (±601)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (+11.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,572 residents (±601)

Deville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

White97%†1,526
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

1,002 residents (±289)

Deville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

No high school diploma7.8%†78
High school or GED50%†504
Some college24%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

652 households (±184)

Deville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k40%†264
$25k–50k12%†81
$50k–75k0.3%†2
$75k–100k18%†115
$100k–150k24%†159
$150k–200k2.3%†15
$200k or more2.5%†16

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−24.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

652 households (±184)

Deville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own87%†568
Rent13%†84

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

84 households (±89)

Deville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $75020%†17
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50080%†67

Home values

568 homes (±177)

Deville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $150k50%†286
$150k–250k20%†114
$250k–400k30%†168

Age of homes

747 homes (±189)

Deville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

2010 or later11%†85
2000–20097.1%†53
1980–199942%†316

Size of homes

747 homes (±189)

Deville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom4.6%†34
2 bedrooms32%†237

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

444 workers (±237)

Deville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone86%†384
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home14%†60
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

384 workers (±217)

Deville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under 15 min20%†78
15–29 min33%†126
30–44 min31%†118

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Alexandria, LA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Rapides Parish, the county holding most of Deville's residents.

Rapides Parish has 3,172 employer establishments, 251 for every 10,000 residents (1.01× the US rate of 248; 1.06× Louisiana's), with 46,374 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,919. The Census Bureau also counts 9,907 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,172; 9,907 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 251; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 46,374
Average annual pay: $49,919; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Rapides Parish by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	403	31.9	1.53×More than typical	3,877	$61,000	653
Restaurants and other eating places	203	16.1	0.87×About typical	4,120	$19,928	41
Offices of physicians	167	13.2	2.04×More than typical	1,552	$81,131	158
Specialty trade contractors	147	11.6	0.75×Fewer than typical	1,567	$60,193	713
Lessors of real estate	142	11.2	0.91×About typical	341	$37,886	802
Religious organizations	132	10.4	1.88×More than typical	1,115	$24,617	—
Limited-service restaurants	112	8.9	1.10×About typical	2,326	$18,444	22
Offices of other health practitioners	112	8.9	1.46×More than typical	567	$44,238	213
Legal services	104	8.2	1.53×More than typical	444	$74,489	98
Gasoline stations	91	7.2	2.22×More than typical	633	$27,434	8
Building equipment contractors	81	6.4	1.06×About typical	1,056	$66,437	154
Banks and credit unions	64	5.1	1.57×More than typical	697	$59,617	—

Rank places for an industry Open Rapides Parish

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 126,442 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $10.1K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Deville, Louisiana: $6.39 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $10.1K; −51% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6.39; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 100%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Marshals Service$10.1K100%

Top recipients

TC CONSTRUCTION & TRUCKING LLC$10.1K100.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.8KFY2017
970.1FY2018
20.5KFY2025
10.1KFY2026

What was bought

Other equipment & supplies$5,95359%
Construction & real property$4,09841%

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$10.1K100.0%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Deville, Louisiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Deville, Louisiana's figures are part of those of Rapides Parish, LA ($89.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Deville is mostly in Rapides Parish.

See federal money in Rapides Parish

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Deville, Louisiana is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).