Prien vs Sulphur

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

Prien 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 8,248 in Prien). Prien has the higher median household income ($91,300 vs $58,044 in Sulphur). Prien has the higher median home value ($278,400 vs $175,200 in Sulphur).

Population, income & housing

	Prien	Sulphur
Population	8,248	21,004
Median age	37.1 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$91,300	$58,044
Median home value	$278,400	$175,200
Median gross rent	$1,398	$1,015
Housing units	3,324	10,410
Homeownership rate	84.4%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.6%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prien	Sulphur
Population	8,437 → 8,248 (-2.2%)	20,113 → 21,004 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$82,140 → $91,300 (+11.2%)	$53,287 → $58,044 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$241,300 → $278,400 (+15.4%)	$141,700 → $175,200 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,456 → $1,398 (-4.0%)	$850 → $1,015 (+19.4%)

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

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)

	Prien	Sulphur
Under 5	11.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.5%
75 and over	4.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prien	Sulphur
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	84.2%
Black or African American	11.6%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prien	Sulphur
No high school diploma	0.5%	14.1%
High school graduate	30.8%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prien	Sulphur
Drove alone	90.7%	86.5%
Carpooled	3.7%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.9%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prien	Sulphur
1-unit, detached	89.6%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Prien	Sulphur
Poverty rate	5.6%	17.2%
Average household size	2.80	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	18	16
Median year structure built	1995	1977