Pine Prairie vs Turkey Creek

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

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

Pine Prairie has the higher population (1,242 vs 401 in Turkey Creek). Turkey Creek has the higher median household income ($61,042 vs $32,917 in Pine Prairie). Turkey Creek has the higher median home value ($154,500 vs $153,700 in Pine Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Prairie	Turkey Creek
Population	1,242	401
Median age	38.8 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	$32,917	$61,042
Median home value	$153,700	$154,500
Median gross rent	$704	$913
Housing units	433	178
Homeownership rate	59.1%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Prairie	Turkey Creek
Population	1,331 → 1,242 (-6.7%)	458 → 401 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$36,500 → $32,917 (-9.8%)	$39,688 → $61,042 (+53.8%)
Median home value	$95,700 → $153,700 (+60.6%)	$73,500 → $154,500 (+110.2%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $704 (+9.3%)	$571 → $913 (+59.9%)

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

Turkey Creek

Population

458401

Median household income

$39,688$61,042

Median home value

$73,500$154,500

Median gross rent

$571$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pine Prairie	Turkey Creek
Under 5	3.0%	11.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	18.4%	19.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	8.2%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	3.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.2%
75 and over	13.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Prairie	Turkey Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	82.5%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.7%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	13.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Prairie	Turkey Creek
No high school diploma	28.1%	15.1%
High school graduate	43.5%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Prairie	Turkey Creek
Drove alone	87.5%	63.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	21.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Prairie	Turkey Creek
1-unit, detached	74.1%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	41.0%

Poverty & households

	Pine Prairie	Turkey Creek
Poverty rate	32.8%	20.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1979	1993