Dry Prong vs Pollock

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

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

Pollock has the higher population (591 vs 390 in Dry Prong). Dry Prong has the higher median household income ($67,833 vs $40,714 in Pollock). Dry Prong has the higher median home value ($190,400 vs $131,300 in Pollock).

Population, income & housing

	Dry Prong	Pollock
Population	390	591
Median age	46.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,833	$40,714
Median home value	$190,400	$131,300
Median gross rent	$883	$650
Housing units	174	277
Homeownership rate	86.2%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dry Prong	Pollock
Population	501 → 390 (-22.2%)	554 → 591 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $67,833 (+44.1%)	$35,556 → $40,714 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$123,300 → $190,400 (+54.4%)	$117,500 → $131,300 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $883 (+49.7%)	$767 → $650 (-15.3%)

Dry Prong

Population

501390

Median household income

$47,083$67,833

Median home value

$123,300$190,400

Median gross rent

$590$883

Pollock

Population

554591

Median household income

$35,556$40,714

Median home value

$117,500$131,300

Median gross rent

$767$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dry Prong	Pollock
Under 5	2.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.3%	12.4%
18 to 24	17.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	9.0%	19.1%
45 to 54	17.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.5%
75 and over	11.8%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dry Prong	Pollock
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dry Prong	Pollock
No high school diploma	14.5%	24.8%
High school graduate	33.5%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dry Prong	Pollock
Drove alone	83.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	4.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dry Prong	Pollock
1-unit, detached	89.7%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Dry Prong	Pollock
Poverty rate	9.2%	20.1%
Average household size	2.57	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	34	18
Median year structure built	1976	1980