Pine Island vs Prairie View

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

Pine Island 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 1,226 in Pine Island). Pine Island has the higher median household income ($63,523 vs $19,106 in Prairie View). Pine Island has the higher median home value ($367,400 vs $171,900 in Prairie View).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Island	Prairie View
Population	1,226	8,220
Median age	40.8 yrs	20.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,523	$19,106
Median home value	$367,400	$171,900
Median gross rent	$647	$837
Housing units	498	1,542
Homeownership rate	87.5%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	43.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	19.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Island	Prairie View
Population	1,312 → 1,226 (-6.6%)	6,678 → 8,220 (+23.1%)
Median household income	$42,194 → $63,523 (+50.5%)	$24,363 → $19,106 (-21.6%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $367,400 (+95.9%)	$168,200 → $171,900 (+2.2%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $647 (-24.3%)	$1,038 → $837 (-19.4%)

Pine Island

Population

1,3121,226

Median household income

$42,194$63,523

Median home value

$187,500$367,400

Median gross rent

$855$647

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)

	Pine Island	Prairie View
Under 5	3.7%	1.4%
5 to 17	24.4%	9.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	65.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	5.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	2.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	3.5%
65 to 74	18.2%	1.4%
75 and over	3.9%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Island	Prairie View
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	4.5%
Black or African American	11.9%	85.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	34.7%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Island	Prairie View
No high school diploma	11.8%	11.2%
High school graduate	32.0%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Island	Prairie View
Drove alone	71.6%	74.9%
Carpooled	19.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.2%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Island	Prairie View
1-unit, detached	69.1%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	20.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	26.5%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Pine Island	Prairie View
Poverty rate	12.4%	37.3%
Average household size	2.68	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1997	1985