Dry Prong vs Georgetown

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

Dry Prong and Georgetown 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 280 in Georgetown). Since 2019, Dry Prong's population has grown faster (-22.2% vs -39.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Dry Prong	Georgetown
Population	390	280
Median age	46.4 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,833	—
Median home value	$190,400	—
Median gross rent	$883	—
Housing units	174	130
Homeownership rate	86.2%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dry Prong	Georgetown
Population	501 → 390 (-22.2%)	459 → 280 (-39.0%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $67,833 (+44.1%)	$42,500 → $46,250 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$123,300 → $190,400 (+54.4%)	$55,000 → $53,200 (-3.3%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $883 (+49.7%)	$390 → $338 (-13.3%)

Dry Prong

Population

501390

Median household income

$47,083$67,833

Median home value

$123,300$190,400

Median gross rent

$590$883

Georgetown

Population

459280

Median household income

$42,500$46,250

Median home value

$55,000$53,200

Median gross rent

$390$338

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dry Prong	Georgetown
Under 5	2.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.3%	27.9%
18 to 24	17.2%	10.4%
25 to 34	7.2%	7.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	17.5%
45 to 54	17.4%	4.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	6.4%
75 and over	11.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dry Prong	Georgetown
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dry Prong	Georgetown
No high school diploma	14.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	33.5%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dry Prong	Georgetown
Drove alone	83.5%	86.7%
Carpooled	9.8%	12.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dry Prong	Georgetown
1-unit, detached	89.7%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Dry Prong	Georgetown
Poverty rate	9.2%	47.5%
Average household size	2.57	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1976	1982