Mamou vs Pine Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Mamou and Pine Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

Mamou and Pine Prairie are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mamou has the higher population (2,884 vs 1,242 in Pine Prairie). Pine Prairie has the higher median household income ($32,917 vs $19,841 in Mamou). Pine Prairie has the higher median home value ($153,700 vs $88,300 in Mamou).

Population, income & housing

	Mamou	Pine Prairie
Population	2,884	1,242
Median age	40.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$19,841	$32,917
Median home value	$88,300	$153,700
Median gross rent	$519	$704
Housing units	1,493	433
Homeownership rate	46.5%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mamou	Pine Prairie
Population	3,156 → 2,884 (-8.6%)	1,331 → 1,242 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$26,146 → $19,841 (-24.1%)	$36,500 → $32,917 (-9.8%)
Median home value	$80,600 → $88,300 (+9.6%)	$95,700 → $153,700 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$457 → $519 (+13.6%)	$644 → $704 (+9.3%)

Mamou

Population

3,1562,884

Median household income

$26,146$19,841

Median home value

$80,600$88,300

Median gross rent

$457$519

Pine Prairie

Population

1,3311,242

Median household income

$36,500$32,917

Median home value

$95,700$153,700

Median gross rent

$644$704

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mamou	Pine Prairie
Under 5	7.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	21.8%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	18.4%
35 to 44	19.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	4.9%	8.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.0%
75 and over	4.5%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mamou	Pine Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	37.5%	72.6%
Black or African American	47.2%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	12.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mamou	Pine Prairie
No high school diploma	14.4%	28.1%
High school graduate	63.6%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	11.9%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mamou	Pine Prairie
Drove alone	60.3%	87.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	36.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mamou	Pine Prairie
1-unit, detached	53.0%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	29.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Mamou	Pine Prairie
Poverty rate	57.8%	32.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1982	1979