Pearl River vs Sun

A side-by-side comparison of Pearl River and Sun: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pearl River has the higher population (2,614 vs 491 in Sun). Pearl River has the higher median home value ($229,200 vs $180,900 in Sun). Since 2019, Sun's population has grown faster (+17.2% vs +1.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Pearl River	Sun
Population	2,614	491
Median age	34.9 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,521	—
Median home value	$229,200	$180,900
Median gross rent	$1,056	$779
Housing units	1,130	236
Homeownership rate	76.7%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pearl River	Sun
Population	2,579 → 2,614 (+1.4%)	419 → 491 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$56,061 → $60,521 (+8.0%)	$35,833 → $53,125 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$180,300 → $229,200 (+27.1%)	$87,900 → $180,900 (+105.8%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,056 (+9.3%)	$644 → $779 (+21.0%)

Pearl River

Population

2,5792,614

Median household income

$56,061$60,521

Median home value

$180,300$229,200

Median gross rent

$966$1,056

Sun

Population

419491

Median household income

$35,833$53,125

Median home value

$87,900$180,900

Median gross rent

$644$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pearl River	Sun
Under 5	6.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	21.6%	11.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	17.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	9.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	17.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.4%
75 and over	3.7%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pearl River	Sun
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	74.9%
Black or African American	2.3%	12.4%
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%	11.8%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pearl River	Sun
No high school diploma	14.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	30.6%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pearl River	Sun
Drove alone	73.9%	85.5%
Carpooled	19.8%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	8.3%
Other means	1.2%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pearl River	Sun
1-unit, detached	82.5%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Pearl River	Sun
Poverty rate	15.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.72	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	33	40
Median year structure built	1993	1995