Dry Prong is a tiny village located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 445 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dry Prong is the 292nd largest community in Louisiana.Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dry Prong is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dry Prong is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Dry Prong who work in sales jobs (15.14%), management occupations (13.76%), and office and administrative support (9.17%). It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Dry Prong has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Dry Prong has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Dry Prong than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Dry Prong may be for you. In Dry Prong, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.48 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The population of Dry Prong overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Dry Prong, 21.12% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Dry Prong in 2022 was $33,754, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,016 for a family of four. However, Dry Prong contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Dry Prong home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dry Prong residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dry Prong include Irish, English, French, German, and European. The most common language spoken in Dry Prong is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
