Moss Bluff vs Prien

A side-by-side comparison of Moss Bluff and Prien: population, income, housing, and more.

Moss Bluff and Prien are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Moss Bluff has the higher population (11,451 vs 8,248 in Prien). Prien has the higher median household income ($91,300 vs $85,984 in Moss Bluff). Prien has the higher median home value ($278,400 vs $242,300 in Moss Bluff).

Population, income & housing

	Moss Bluff	Prien
Population	11,451	8,248
Median age	44.2 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$85,984	$91,300
Median home value	$242,300	$278,400
Median gross rent	$1,303	$1,398
Housing units	5,490	3,324
Homeownership rate	79.8%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moss Bluff	Prien
Population	11,055 → 11,451 (+3.6%)	8,437 → 8,248 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$54,788 → $85,984 (+56.9%)	$82,140 → $91,300 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$189,600 → $242,300 (+27.8%)	$241,300 → $278,400 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,303 (+52.2%)	$1,456 → $1,398 (-4.0%)

Moss Bluff

Population

11,05511,451

Median household income

$54,788$85,984

Median home value

$189,600$242,300

Median gross rent

$856$1,303

Prien

Population

8,4378,248

Median household income

$82,140$91,300

Median home value

$241,300$278,400

Median gross rent

$1,456$1,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moss Bluff	Prien
Under 5	4.0%	11.7%
5 to 17	19.5%	20.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	7.7%
75 and over	6.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moss Bluff	Prien
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	80.6%
Black or African American	11.0%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moss Bluff	Prien
No high school diploma	7.6%	0.5%
High school graduate	33.5%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moss Bluff	Prien
Drove alone	84.9%	90.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moss Bluff	Prien
1-unit, detached	61.1%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Moss Bluff	Prien
Poverty rate	12.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1996	1995