Dry Prong vs Prospect

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

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

Prospect has the higher population (488 vs 390 in Dry Prong). Dry Prong has the higher median home value ($190,400 vs $167,900 in Prospect). Since 2019, Prospect's population has grown faster (+17.0% vs -22.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Dry Prong	Prospect
Population	390	488
Median age	46.4 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,833	—
Median home value	$190,400	$167,900
Median gross rent	$883	—
Housing units	174	254
Homeownership rate	86.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dry Prong	Prospect
Population	501 → 390 (-22.2%)	417 → 488 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $67,833 (+44.1%)	$54,821 → $46,313 (-15.5%)
Median home value	$123,300 → $190,400 (+54.4%)	$185,800 → $167,900 (-9.6%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $883 (+49.7%)	—

Dry Prong

Population

501390

Median household income

$47,083$67,833

Median home value

$123,300$190,400

Median gross rent

$590$883

Prospect

Population

417488

Median household income

$54,821$46,313

Median home value

$185,800$167,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dry Prong	Prospect
Under 5	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	31.4%
18 to 24	17.2%	1.4%
25 to 34	7.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.4%	31.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	6.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	18.0%
75 and over	11.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dry Prong	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
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%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dry Prong	Prospect
No high school diploma	14.5%	20.7%
High school graduate	33.5%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dry Prong	Prospect
Drove alone	83.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.8%	0.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
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	Prospect
1-unit, detached	89.7%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Dry Prong	Prospect
Poverty rate	9.2%	4.7%
Average household size	2.57	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	34	18
Median year structure built	1976	2000