Moonshine vs St. James

A side-by-side comparison of Moonshine and St. James: population, income, housing, and more.

Moonshine and St. James are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. James has the higher population (395 vs 214 in Moonshine). St. James has the higher median household income ($36,750 vs $33,400 in Moonshine). Since 2019, Moonshine's population has grown faster (+33.8% vs -46.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Moonshine	St. James
Population	214	395
Median age	40.1 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$33,400	$36,750
Median home value	—	$168,800
Housing units	106	258
Homeownership rate	80.2%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moonshine	St. James
Population	160 → 214 (+33.8%)	734 → 395 (-46.2%)
Median household income	$21,713 → $33,400 (+53.8%)	$32,344 → $36,750 (+13.6%)
Median home value	—	$123,000 → $168,800 (+37.2%)

Moonshine

Population

160214

Median household income

$21,713$33,400

St. James

Population

734395

Median household income

$32,344$36,750

Median home value

$123,000$168,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moonshine	St. James
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	11.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	28.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	33.2%	24.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	22.3%
75 and over	0.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moonshine	St. James
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	22.0%
Black or African American	90.2%	78.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moonshine	St. James
No high school diploma	32.1%	9.3%
High school graduate	36.5%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moonshine	St. James
Drove alone	59.8%	73.4%
Carpooled	25.6%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.3%
Other means	14.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moonshine	St. James
1-unit, detached	21.7%	82.2%
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	19.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.5%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Moonshine	St. James
Poverty rate	18.2%	12.4%
Average household size	2.02	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	2013	1975