Dry Prong vs Montgomery

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

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

Montgomery has the higher population (881 vs 390 in Dry Prong). Dry Prong has the higher median household income ($67,833 vs $57,813 in Montgomery). Dry Prong has the higher median home value ($190,400 vs $80,200 in Montgomery).

Population, income & housing

	Dry Prong	Montgomery
Population	390	881
Median age	46.4 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,833	$57,813
Median home value	$190,400	$80,200
Median gross rent	$883	$850
Housing units	174	357
Homeownership rate	86.2%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dry Prong	Montgomery
Population	501 → 390 (-22.2%)	573 → 881 (+53.8%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $67,833 (+44.1%)	$29,861 → $57,813 (+93.6%)
Median home value	$123,300 → $190,400 (+54.4%)	$88,800 → $80,200 (-9.7%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $883 (+49.7%)	$723 → $850 (+17.6%)

Dry Prong

Population

501390

Median household income

$47,083$67,833

Median home value

$123,300$190,400

Median gross rent

$590$883

Montgomery

Population

573881

Median household income

$29,861$57,813

Median home value

$88,800$80,200

Median gross rent

$723$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dry Prong	Montgomery
Under 5	2.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	17.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	7.2%	37.7%
35 to 44	9.0%	4.0%
45 to 54	17.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	5.1%
75 and over	11.8%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dry Prong	Montgomery
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	16.5%
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	5.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dry Prong	Montgomery
No high school diploma	14.5%	24.4%
High school graduate	33.5%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dry Prong	Montgomery
Drove alone	83.5%	89.2%
Carpooled	9.8%	4.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dry Prong	Montgomery
1-unit, detached	89.7%	52.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	41.5%

Poverty & households

	Dry Prong	Montgomery
Poverty rate	9.2%	7.4%
Average household size	2.57	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1976	1981