Gonzales vs Prairieville

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

Gonzales 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 12,748 in Gonzales). Prairieville has the higher median household income ($115,610 vs $66,152 in Gonzales). Prairieville has the higher median home value ($302,200 vs $212,800 in Gonzales).

Population, income & housing

	Gonzales	Prairieville
Population	12,748	35,010
Median age	41.2 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,152	$115,610
Median home value	$212,800	$302,200
Median gross rent	$1,550	$1,225
Housing units	5,961	12,746
Homeownership rate	68.7%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gonzales	Prairieville
Population	10,789 → 12,748 (+18.2%)	31,974 → 35,010 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$52,923 → $66,152 (+25.0%)	$99,953 → $115,610 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$161,200 → $212,800 (+32.0%)	$236,500 → $302,200 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,550 (+58.5%)	$1,188 → $1,225 (+3.1%)

Gonzales

Population

10,78912,748

Median household income

$52,923$66,152

Median home value

$161,200$212,800

Median gross rent

$978$1,550

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)

	Gonzales	Prairieville
Under 5	5.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	21.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	16.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.0%
75 and over	7.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gonzales	Prairieville
White (non-Hispanic)	42.3%	75.2%
Black or African American	44.3%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gonzales	Prairieville
No high school diploma	13.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	32.4%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gonzales	Prairieville
Drove alone	76.7%	85.7%
Carpooled	17.0%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	8.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gonzales	Prairieville
1-unit, detached	67.3%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	2.8%
20 or more units	14.5%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Gonzales	Prairieville
Poverty rate	11.3%	4.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1999	2002