Moonshine vs Union

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

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

Union has the higher population (472 vs 214 in Moonshine). Union has the higher median household income ($82,750 vs $33,400 in Moonshine). Since 2019, Moonshine's population has grown faster (+33.8% vs -8.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Moonshine	Union
Population	214	472
Median age	40.1 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$33,400	$82,750
Housing units	106	226
Homeownership rate	80.2%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	25.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moonshine	Union
Population	160 → 214 (+33.8%)	518 → 472 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$21,713 → $33,400 (+53.8%)	$36,083 → $82,750 (+129.3%)
Median home value	—	$135,000 → $127,600 (-5.5%)

Moonshine

Population

160214

Median household income

$21,713$33,400

Union

Population

518472

Median household income

$36,083$82,750

Median home value

$135,000$127,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moonshine	Union
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	28.5%	7.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	17.8%
55 to 64	33.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	14.2%
75 and over	0.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moonshine	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	17.4%
Black or African American	90.2%	81.4%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moonshine	Union
No high school diploma	32.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	36.5%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moonshine	Union
Drove alone	59.8%	91.0%
Carpooled	25.6%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.9%
Other means	14.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moonshine	Union
1-unit, detached	21.7%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.5%	27.0%

Poverty & households

	Moonshine	Union
Poverty rate	18.2%	6.1%
Average household size	2.02	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	2013	1977