Moss Bluff vs Sulphur

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

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

Sulphur has the higher population (21,004 vs 11,451 in Moss Bluff). Moss Bluff has the higher median household income ($85,984 vs $58,044 in Sulphur). Moss Bluff has the higher median home value ($242,300 vs $175,200 in Sulphur).

Population, income & housing

	Moss Bluff	Sulphur
Population	11,451	21,004
Median age	44.2 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$85,984	$58,044
Median home value	$242,300	$175,200
Median gross rent	$1,303	$1,015
Housing units	5,490	10,410
Homeownership rate	79.8%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moss Bluff	Sulphur
Population	11,055 → 11,451 (+3.6%)	20,113 → 21,004 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$54,788 → $85,984 (+56.9%)	$53,287 → $58,044 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$189,600 → $242,300 (+27.8%)	$141,700 → $175,200 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,303 (+52.2%)	$850 → $1,015 (+19.4%)

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

Sulphur

Population

20,11321,004

Median household income

$53,287$58,044

Median home value

$141,700$175,200

Median gross rent

$850$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moss Bluff	Sulphur
Under 5	4.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.5%
75 and over	6.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moss Bluff	Sulphur
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	84.2%
Black or African American	11.0%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.9%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moss Bluff	Sulphur
No high school diploma	7.6%	14.1%
High school graduate	33.5%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moss Bluff	Sulphur
Drove alone	84.9%	86.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.9%	3.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moss Bluff	Sulphur
1-unit, detached	61.1%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.1%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Moss Bluff	Sulphur
Poverty rate	12.3%	17.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1996	1977