Prairieville vs Sorrento

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

Prairieville and Sorrento 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 2,136 in Sorrento). Prairieville has the higher median household income ($115,610 vs $106,250 in Sorrento). Prairieville has the higher median home value ($302,200 vs $218,800 in Sorrento).

Population, income & housing

	Prairieville	Sorrento
Population	35,010	2,136
Median age	34.1 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$115,610	$106,250
Median home value	$302,200	$218,800
Median gross rent	$1,225	$1,260
Housing units	12,746	753
Homeownership rate	87.6%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairieville	Sorrento
Population	31,974 → 35,010 (+9.5%)	1,681 → 2,136 (+27.1%)
Median household income	$99,953 → $115,610 (+15.7%)	$61,207 → $106,250 (+73.6%)
Median home value	$236,500 → $302,200 (+27.8%)	$165,700 → $218,800 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,225 (+3.1%)	$847 → $1,260 (+48.8%)

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

Sorrento

Population

1,6812,136

Median household income

$61,207$106,250

Median home value

$165,700$218,800

Median gross rent

$847$1,260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairieville	Sorrento
Under 5	6.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	21.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	12.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	16.3%	15.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.6%
75 and over	3.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairieville	Sorrento
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	78.3%
Black or African American	13.4%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairieville	Sorrento
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	26.4%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairieville	Sorrento
Drove alone	85.7%	81.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	13.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	3.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairieville	Sorrento
1-unit, detached	82.7%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Prairieville	Sorrento
Poverty rate	4.1%	5.7%
Average household size	2.88	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	2002	1997