Basile’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
Being a small town, Basile does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Basile has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.69% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Basile in 2022 was $14,878, which is low income relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $59,512 for a family of four. However, Basile contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Basile is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Basile home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Basile residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Basile also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.69% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Basile include French, German, French Canadian, Acadian/Cajun, and Russian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Basile's cultural character, accounting for 17.84% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Basile is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
