† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupPrienLouisianaUnited States
French13.4%9.6%1.6%
English10.2%7.3%9.5%
American8.9%7.4%5.3%
Irish8.1%6.6%9.4%
German7.8%6.9%12.5%
French Canadian4.8%1.6%—
Italian3.0%4.3%4.8%
Scottish1.5%1.0%1.3%
African American†9.8%29.3%9.9%
Mexican2.7%2.1%11.3%
Honduran0.7%1.6%0.3%
Cuban0.6%0.3%0.7%
Spanish0.6%0.7%—
Spaniard0.5%0.2%—
Puerto Rican0.4%0.4%1.8%
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
Venezuelan0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Prien
Louisiana
United States
Median age
36.3
38
39.1
Age 18–24
6.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.2%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Prien
Louisiana
United States
Median household income
$87,292
$60,756
$84,427
Poverty rate
6.4%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
42.0%
27.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Prien
Louisiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.4%
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
2.4%
4.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Prien
Louisiana
United States
Catholic
—
26.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
25.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
36.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Prien, Louisiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−53.9%
2008
−59.4%
2012
−65.4%
2016
−63.7%
2020
−58.9%
2024
−60.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
18.9%Harris648
79.3%Trump2,719
1.8%
R+60.4
R+1.5
R+59.0
3,427
R
19.5%Biden470
78.3%Trump1,892
2.2%
R+58.9
D+4.8
R+63.3
2,415
R
15.7%Clinton568
79.4%Trump2,865
4.8%
R+63.7
D+1.7
R+65.8
3,607
R
16.4%Obama542
81.8%Romney2,708
1.8%
R+65.4
R+6.0
R+69.3
3,311
R
19.6%Obama611
79.0%McCain2,462
1.3%
R+59.4
R+5.5
R+66.7
3,115
R
22.6%Kerry664
76.5%Bush2,247
0.9%
R+53.9
—
R+51.4
2,938
Prien functions as a bedroom community within Calcasieu Parish, where suburban growth along the Lake Charles metro edge has steadily shifted the residential base toward higher-income homeowners with consistent low-turnout local election patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 65.4 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.4 points.
A population of 7,119, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,292 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Moss Bluff and Nederland.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Prien, Louisiana voted Republican by 60.4 points (R+60.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,427 votes cast, 648 went Democratic and 2,719 went Republican.
How many people live in Prien, Louisiana?
Prien, Louisiana has a population of 7,119 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Prien, Louisiana?
Median household income in Prien, Louisiana is $87,292 — above the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Prien, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Prien, Louisiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
