Pollock vs Prospect

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

Pollock and Prospect 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 488 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median home value ($167,900 vs $131,300 in Pollock). Since 2019, Prospect's population has grown faster (+17.0% vs +6.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Pollock	Prospect
Population	591	488
Median age	39.3 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,714	—
Median home value	$131,300	$167,900
Median gross rent	$650	—
Housing units	277	254
Homeownership rate	53.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pollock	Prospect
Population	554 → 591 (+6.7%)	417 → 488 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$35,556 → $40,714 (+14.5%)	$54,821 → $46,313 (-15.5%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $131,300 (+11.7%)	$185,800 → $167,900 (-9.6%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $650 (-15.3%)	—

Pollock

Population

554591

Median household income

$35,556$40,714

Median home value

$117,500$131,300

Median gross rent

$767$650

Prospect

Population

417488

Median household income

$54,821$46,313

Median home value

$185,800$167,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pollock	Prospect
Under 5	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	31.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	1.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	19.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	31.4%
55 to 64	15.9%	6.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	18.0%
75 and over	3.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pollock	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	95.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pollock	Prospect
No high school diploma	24.8%	20.7%
High school graduate	27.6%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pollock	Prospect
Drove alone	80.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pollock	Prospect
1-unit, detached	63.9%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Pollock	Prospect
Poverty rate	20.1%	4.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1980	2000