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Prien, Louisiana.

A community in Calcasieu Parish, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Calcasieu Parish’s.

Living in Prien, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Prien, in Calcasieu Parish, had 7,745 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $87,292 a year and half less, against $67,564 across Calcasieu Parish; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 85% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 15% are rented. Unemployment in Calcasieu Parish was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 7,745 in the 2020 census
Household income $87,292 the median, give or take $16,194 · Calcasieu Parish: $67,564
Unemployment 3.8% Calcasieu Parish, August 2026; 4.5% a year before
Homes 85% lived in by their owners; 15% rented
  • 2,665households
  • 42%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 17 mintypical commute
  • 7%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care31%
  • Professional and business services15%
  • Building trades15%
  • Manufacturing11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment6%
  • Other services6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Calcasieu Parish had 89,310 jobs in 2025, 0.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 63° and 43°; warmest in August, 93° and 75° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 63° 43° F M A M J J A 93° 75° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 63° and 43°; warmest in August, 93° and 75° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 63° 43° F M A M J J A 93° 75° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 63° and lows near 43°; warmest in August, with highs near 93° and lows near 75°. About 60 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lake Charles weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Calcasieu Parish

  1. Calcasieu Parish SchoolsSchool district4,019FTE
  2. Golden Nugget Lake CharlesHotels, resort, with casinos1,938
  3. Penn EntertainmentCasino hotels1,631
  4. Lake Charles Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital1,531FTE
  5. Citgo PetroleumOil refineries1,173
  6. Westlake Chemical SouthChlorine compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing1,084
  7. Sasol Chemicals (USA)Olefins made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons787
  8. Phillips 66Petroleum refineries749

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 198 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 27,452 people in all across the county; Prien has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. LightningVery high
  2. HurricanesVery high
  3. Inland floodingRelatively high
  4. TornadoesRelatively high
  5. HailRelatively moderate
  6. Ice stormsRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Prien’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Calcasieu Parish.