Brookshire vs Prairie View

A side-by-side comparison of Brookshire and Prairie View: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookshire and Prairie View are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prairie View has the higher population (8,220 vs 5,330 in Brookshire). Brookshire has the higher median household income ($62,987 vs $19,106 in Prairie View). Prairie View has the higher median home value ($171,900 vs $117,000 in Brookshire).

Population, income & housing

	Brookshire	Prairie View
Population	5,330	8,220
Median age	26.5 yrs	20.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,987	$19,106
Median home value	$117,000	$171,900
Median gross rent	$1,300	$837
Housing units	1,766	1,542
Homeownership rate	58.5%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	43.4%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	19.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookshire	Prairie View
Population	5,376 → 5,330 (-0.9%)	6,678 → 8,220 (+23.1%)
Median household income	$42,986 → $62,987 (+46.5%)	$24,363 → $19,106 (-21.6%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $117,000 (+39.0%)	$168,200 → $171,900 (+2.2%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $1,300 (+35.4%)	$1,038 → $837 (-19.4%)

Brookshire

Population

5,3765,330

Median household income

$42,986$62,987

Median home value

$84,200$117,000

Median gross rent

$960$1,300

Prairie View

Population

6,6788,220

Median household income

$24,363$19,106

Median home value

$168,200$171,900

Median gross rent

$1,038$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookshire	Prairie View
Under 5	8.5%	1.4%
5 to 17	26.5%	9.2%
18 to 24	13.2%	65.4%
25 to 34	14.8%	5.0%
35 to 44	18.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	4.6%	2.6%
55 to 64	9.0%	3.5%
65 to 74	2.6%	1.4%
75 and over	2.3%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookshire	Prairie View
White (non-Hispanic)	13.7%	4.5%
Black or African American	20.0%	85.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	63.4%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookshire	Prairie View
No high school diploma	29.1%	11.2%
High school graduate	24.2%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookshire	Prairie View
Drove alone	89.4%	74.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookshire	Prairie View
1-unit, detached	43.3%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	20.4%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	21.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	25.3%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Brookshire	Prairie View
Poverty rate	17.2%	37.3%
Average household size	3.26	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1989	1985