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Prairie View city is a Census city of 8,431 people across 7.40 square miles of land, in Waller County. Median household income is $21,060, 25.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Prairie View
What Prairie View is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.4 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,139
- County holding the largest share of its areaWaller County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Prairie View
How many people live in Prairie View
- Population8,431
- Median age21.0
- Population under 18737 plus or minus 259
- Share under 188.7 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Population 65 and over401 plus or minus 137
- Share 65 and over4.8 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Households1,478 plus or minus 396
- Family households580 plus or minus 154
- Share of households that are families39.2 percent plus or minus 14.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Prairie View
Income and work in Prairie View
- Median household income$21,060
- Per capita income$11,320 plus or minus $2,887
- Civilian labor force4,210
- Employed3,289 plus or minus 761
- Unemployed921 plus or minus 445
- Unemployment rate21.9 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Adults 25 and over2,164 plus or minus 624
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.0 percent plus or minus 21.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher46.1 percent plus or minus 26.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.1 percent plus or minus 5.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Prairie View
Housing in Prairie View
- Housing units1,797 plus or minus 422
- Occupied units1,478 plus or minus 396
- Vacant units319 plus or minus 110
- Vacancy rate17.8 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Owner occupied371 plus or minus 135
- Renter occupied1,107 plus or minus 382
- Ownership rate25.1 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Median owner-occupied home value$167,600 plus or minus $57,238
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,002
- Annual rent as a share of median income57.1 percent plus or minus 12.0
- Single family units598 plus or minus 225
- Share single family33.3 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Units in buildings of two or more1,040 plus or minus 392
- Share in buildings of two or more57.9 percent plus or minus 17.1
- Mobile homes159 plus or minus 103
- Median year structure built1987
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Prairie View
How Prairie View gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,755 plus or minus 664
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,043 plus or minus 287
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,049 plus or minus 676
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more38.1 percent plus or minus 22.8
- Drove alone77.9 percent
- Carpooled4.0 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Public transport1.2 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Walked9.1 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Worked from home6.5 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Prairie View
Flood risk in Prairie View
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number481544
- Currently effective map date05/16/19
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Waller County, not Prairie View
Waller County context, not Prairie View figures
These are Waller County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Prairie View measurements.
- Establishments in Waller County1,082
- Employment at those establishments, Waller County18,058
- Covered employment, Waller County26,681
- Average annual pay, Waller County$61,149
- Average weekly wage, Waller County$1,176
- Housing units permitted, Waller County480
- Of those, single family, Waller County368
- County product, 2024, Waller County$6,168,074,000
- County product change over the prior year, Waller County-0.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Waller County$80,096
Every figure in this section is published for Waller County as a whole and is not a measurement of Prairie View. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Prairie View questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Prairie View, Texas?
8,431, in 1,478 households. Prairie View city covers 7.40 square miles of land, which is 1,139 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Prairie View in?
Waller County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Prairie View?
$21,060. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $167,600. Median gross rent is $1,002 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Prairie View in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Prairie View appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 481544, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Prairie View figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Waller County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Prairie View.
Is zoning published for Prairie View?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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