Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Pineville grades C+ overall, ranked 46th of 161 in Louisiana, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its public schools beat 75% of Louisiana towns on state tests and graduation and natural-hazard risk is low. On the other side, CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 77% of the country. Pineville has 14 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Old LSU Site and Alexandria National Cemetery. Pineville’s average trip to work is 17 minutes, against 25 minutes in Louisiana’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Pineville is home to Louisiana Christian University.
Where Pineville beats most towns.
Old LSU Site| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary School | PK–6 | 924 |
| Lessie Moore Elementary School | PK–3 | 392 |
| Pineville Junior High School | 7–8 | 527 |
Census counts: 393 in 1860, 14,384 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 4 maps from 1941 on.
14 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Pineville is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Pineville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Pineville.
Pineville carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Louisiana (mostly cold waves) and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has little public open land.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 100% of Louisiana towns, with expected losses of about $117 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on. 193 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 30 properties have flooded more than once.
The FEMA risk score in Pineville is 1 of 100. Since 1979, 193 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pineville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Rapides Parish school district. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Pineville High School, with 1,271 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 924 | A− |
| Pineville High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,271 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
Against the 5,716 U.S. towns with household incomes like Pineville’s, it is healthier than 54%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income. Within Louisiana it is healthier than 69% of the 161 graded towns: much of Louisiana scores lower on these measures.
39% of Pineville adults feel lonely. Pineville beats the Louisiana average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 22% of Pineville adults worry about having enough food.
| Pineville | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 44% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 12% |
| What stands out | Pineville | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 13.4% | 15.2% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 6.7% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pineville has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. Pineville’s July high is 92°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 5,037 working residents takes 17.1 minutes, against 25.7 across Louisiana.
Most working residents leave Pineville for work: only 14% work in town. 21% of residents live below the poverty line in Pineville. Since 2013, Pineville has lost 511 jobs, to 7,049 in 2023.
| Pineville | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $50,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 6.7% | 5.6% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Pineville home is worth about $198,000, up 4.6% in a year, 7% below the Louisiana typical home.
| Pineville | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 54% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $910 a month | $992 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Louisiana average. Pineville has lost 2.8% of its people since 2020, down to 13,967 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 26% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 27% across Louisiana.
| Pineville | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36.2 years | 37.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 20% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 24% | 22% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Pineville | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.7% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.9% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 12.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.5% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.8% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.3% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.3% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.3% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 15% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.6% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.1% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.1% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.8% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.4% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Just 35 of its 8,384 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Pineville itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.0 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Kees Park, at 24 acres.
| Pineville | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kees Park | — | 24 |
| 2. Pineville Soccer Park | — | 7 |
| 3. Buhlow | 0.1 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pineville. Close and well known come first.
21 mi National forestKisatchie National Forest5 mi Zoo & aquariumAlexandria Zoological Park
34 mi National Historical ParkCane River Creole National Historical Park11K visitors a year
3 mi MuseumAlexandria Museum of Art
3 mi MuseumLouisiana History Museum38 mi GardenLouisiana State ArboretumKisatchie National Forest: US Forest Service, Public domain · Cane River Creole National Historical Park: James W. Rosenthal, Public domain · Alexandria Museum of Art: Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Louisiana History Museum: Freeneth at en.wikipedia, Public domain
3 within 15 miles of the center of Pineville
About 9 of every 100 Pineville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
14 places in Pineville on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Louisiana, United States
Pineville is a city in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is located across the Red River from the larger Alexandria, and is part of the Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the 2020 census, Pineville had a population of 14,384. The Central Louisiana State Hospital, the Pinecrest Supports and Services Center, the Huey P. Long Memorial Hospital (closed), the Alexandria Veterans Administration Medical Center, and the Alexandria National Cemetery are all located in Pineville. The city is also home to several large non-government employers including Baker Manufacturing, Procter & Gamble, and Crest Industries.
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2 towns share a border with Pineville.
| Town | LA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pineville | #46 | C+ | C+ | — | A− | C− |
| Alexandria | #135 | D | C+ | D− | A− | D− |
| Ball | #34 | B− | B | — | A− | C− |
Pineville and Ball report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Pineville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Pineville grades C+ overall, better than 41% of U.S. towns and #46 of 161 in Louisiana. It grades C− for health and A− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
That is 3.5 years of the area's median household income ($56,353 across the Alexandria, LA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
