Overall, Basile’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Being a small town, Basile does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Basile ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.69% of people over 25 have a college degree.
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.
