Creola vs Dry Prong

A side-by-side comparison of Creola and Dry Prong: population, income, housing, and more.

Creola and Dry Prong are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dry Prong has the higher population (390 vs 273 in Creola). Dry Prong has the higher median household income ($67,833 vs $44,167 in Creola). Since 2019, Creola's population has grown faster (+6.6% vs -22.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Creola	Dry Prong
Population	273	390
Median age	26.6 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,167	$67,833
Median home value	—	$190,400
Median gross rent	$1,145	$883
Housing units	82	174
Homeownership rate	0.0%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creola	Dry Prong
Population	256 → 273 (+6.6%)	501 → 390 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$37,232 → $44,167 (+18.6%)	$47,083 → $67,833 (+44.1%)
Median home value	—	$123,300 → $190,400 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $1,145 (+8.6%)	$590 → $883 (+49.7%)

Creola

Population

256273

Median household income

$37,232$44,167

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,145

Dry Prong

Population

501390

Median household income

$47,083$67,833

Median home value

$123,300$190,400

Median gross rent

$590$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creola	Dry Prong
Under 5	31.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	11.3%
18 to 24	1.5%	17.2%
25 to 34	37.4%	7.2%
35 to 44	7.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	1.8%	17.4%
55 to 64	5.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	0.7%	10.0%
75 and over	0.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creola	Dry Prong
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	89.5%
Black or African American	8.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creola	Dry Prong
No high school diploma	9.8%	14.5%
High school graduate	49.7%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creola	Dry Prong
Drove alone	90.8%	83.5%
Carpooled	1.3%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creola	Dry Prong
1-unit, detached	9.8%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	87.8%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Creola	Dry Prong
Poverty rate	39.5%	9.2%
Average household size	4.01	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	16	34
Median year structure built	2005	1976