Donaldsonville vs Prairieville

A side-by-side comparison of Donaldsonville and Prairieville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prairieville has the higher population (35,010 vs 6,792 in Donaldsonville). Prairieville has the higher median household income ($115,610 vs $24,160 in Donaldsonville). Prairieville has the higher median home value ($302,200 vs $175,500 in Donaldsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Donaldsonville	Prairieville
Population	6,792	35,010
Median age	30.8 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$24,160	$115,610
Median home value	$175,500	$302,200
Median gross rent	$838	$1,225
Housing units	2,824	12,746
Homeownership rate	54.1%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donaldsonville	Prairieville
Population	8,237 → 6,792 (-17.5%)	31,974 → 35,010 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$25,551 → $24,160 (-5.4%)	$99,953 → $115,610 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $175,500 (+55.3%)	$236,500 → $302,200 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $838 (+33.9%)	$1,188 → $1,225 (+3.1%)

Donaldsonville

Population

8,2376,792

Median household income

$25,551$24,160

Median home value

$113,000$175,500

Median gross rent

$626$838

Prairieville

Population

31,97435,010

Median household income

$99,953$115,610

Median home value

$236,500$302,200

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,225

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donaldsonville	Prairieville
Under 5	14.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.8%	21.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	16.3%
45 to 54	7.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.0%
75 and over	8.2%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donaldsonville	Prairieville
White (non-Hispanic)	13.8%	75.2%
Black or African American	84.2%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donaldsonville	Prairieville
No high school diploma	12.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	46.6%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donaldsonville	Prairieville
Drove alone	72.0%	85.7%
Carpooled	21.8%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donaldsonville	Prairieville
1-unit, detached	58.3%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Donaldsonville	Prairieville
Poverty rate	42.9%	4.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1982	2002