Moonshine vs Welcome

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

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

Welcome has the higher population (751 vs 214 in Moonshine). Welcome has the higher median household income ($56,453 vs $33,400 in Moonshine). Since 2019, Moonshine's population has grown faster (+33.8% vs -15.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Moonshine	Welcome
Population	214	751
Median age	40.1 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$33,400	$56,453
Median home value	—	$113,400
Median gross rent	—	$631
Housing units	106	313
Homeownership rate	80.2%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moonshine	Welcome
Population	160 → 214 (+33.8%)	884 → 751 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$21,713 → $33,400 (+53.8%)	$45,781 → $56,453 (+23.3%)
Median home value	—	$104,200 → $113,400 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$397 → $631 (+58.9%)

Moonshine

Population

160214

Median household income

$21,713$33,400

Welcome

Population

884751

Median household income

$45,781$56,453

Median home value

$104,200$113,400

Median gross rent

$397$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moonshine	Welcome
Under 5	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	24.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	13.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	2.0%
35 to 44	28.5%	18.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.9%
55 to 64	33.2%	4.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	17.8%
75 and over	0.0%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moonshine	Welcome
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	2.0%
Black or African American	90.2%	88.9%
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%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moonshine	Welcome
No high school diploma	32.1%	6.5%
High school graduate	36.5%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moonshine	Welcome
Drove alone	59.8%	81.2%
Carpooled	25.6%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	14.6%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moonshine	Welcome
1-unit, detached	21.7%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.5%	43.1%

Poverty & households

	Moonshine	Welcome
Poverty rate	18.2%	16.2%
Average household size	2.02	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	2013	1983