Montgomery vs Prospect

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

Montgomery and Prospect 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 488 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median home value ($167,900 vs $80,200 in Montgomery). Since 2019, Montgomery's population has grown faster (+53.8% vs +17.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Montgomery	Prospect
Population	881	488
Median age	32.2 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,813	—
Median home value	$80,200	$167,900
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	357	254
Homeownership rate	83.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montgomery	Prospect
Population	573 → 881 (+53.8%)	417 → 488 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$29,861 → $57,813 (+93.6%)	$54,821 → $46,313 (-15.5%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $80,200 (-9.7%)	$185,800 → $167,900 (-9.6%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $850 (+17.6%)	—

Montgomery

Population

573881

Median household income

$29,861$57,813

Median home value

$88,800$80,200

Median gross rent

$723$850

Prospect

Population

417488

Median household income

$54,821$46,313

Median home value

$185,800$167,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montgomery	Prospect
Under 5	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	31.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	1.4%
25 to 34	37.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	4.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	31.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	6.4%
65 to 74	5.1%	18.0%
75 and over	11.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montgomery	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	95.5%
Black or African American	16.5%	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	0.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montgomery	Prospect
No high school diploma	24.4%	20.7%
High school graduate	22.9%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montgomery	Prospect
Drove alone	89.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montgomery	Prospect
1-unit, detached	52.1%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.5%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Montgomery	Prospect
Poverty rate	7.4%	4.7%
Average household size	3.47	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1981	2000