Prairie View vs Waller

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

Prairie View and Waller 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 3,062 in Waller). Waller has the higher median household income ($37,163 vs $19,106 in Prairie View). Prairie View has the higher median home value ($171,900 vs $115,100 in Waller).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie View	Waller
Population	8,220	3,062
Median age	20.9 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$19,106	$37,163
Median home value	$171,900	$115,100
Median gross rent	$837	$1,022
Housing units	1,542	1,300
Homeownership rate	20.7%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	19.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie View	Waller
Population	6,678 → 8,220 (+23.1%)	3,124 → 3,062 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$24,363 → $19,106 (-21.6%)	$36,834 → $37,163 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$168,200 → $171,900 (+2.2%)	$124,400 → $115,100 (-7.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,038 → $837 (-19.4%)	$935 → $1,022 (+9.3%)

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

Waller

Population

3,1243,062

Median household income

$36,834$37,163

Median home value

$124,400$115,100

Median gross rent

$935$1,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie View	Waller
Under 5	1.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	9.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	65.4%	25.2%
25 to 34	5.0%	23.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	2.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	3.5%	8.0%
65 to 74	1.4%	3.2%
75 and over	1.5%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie View	Waller
White (non-Hispanic)	4.5%	46.3%
Black or African American	85.0%	29.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	23.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie View	Waller
No high school diploma	11.2%	9.9%
High school graduate	20.4%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.6%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie View	Waller
Drove alone	74.9%	81.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	11.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	7.0%	1.8%
Other means	1.1%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie View	Waller
1-unit, detached	44.0%	34.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	20.4%	32.4%
5 to 19 units	21.5%	3.5%
20 or more units	8.4%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Prairie View	Waller
Poverty rate	37.3%	24.0%
Average household size	3.10	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1985	1987