Prairie View, Texas demographics

Prairie View, TX demographics: median age 21.0; 46.1% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Prairie View city, Texas · Incorporated city · GEOID 4859336. The survey estimates a population of 8,431 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Prairie View is 21.0 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.3 years. There are 1,478 households (±396). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	21.0 ±0.3	35.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 8,431
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Under 18	737 ±259	8.7% ±3.1 pp	25.0%	22.0%
18–34	5,946 ±923	70.5% ±10.9 pp	24.2%	22.8%
35–64	1,347 ±686 · low precision	16.0% ±8.1 pp · low precision	37.4%	38.0%
65 and older	401 ±140	4.8% ±1.7 pp	13.4%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 8,431
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Male	3,999 ±406	47.4% ±4.8 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	4,432 ±408	52.6% ±4.8 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 8,431
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
White alone	493 ±296 · low precision	5.8% ±3.5 pp · low precision	48.5%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	6,957 ±588	82.5% ±7.0 pp	12.2%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	4 ±7 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.9%
Asian alone	38 ±39 · low precision	0.5% ±0.5 pp · low precision	5.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	248 ±204 · low precision	2.9% ±2.4 pp · low precision	9.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	691 ±390 · low precision	8.2% ±4.6 pp · low precision	23.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 8,431
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,319 ±536	86.8% ±6.4 pp	60.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1,112 ±535	13.2% ±6.3 pp	39.7%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 1,478
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Married-couple family	341 ±155	23.1% ±8.5 pp	48.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	28 ±37 · low precision	1.9% ±2.5 pp · low precision	5.4%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	211 ±136 · low precision	14.3% ±8.4 pp · low precision	13.4%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	757 ±399 · low precision	51.2% ±23.2 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	141 ±149 · low precision	9.5% ±9.8 pp · low precision	6.0%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 1,478
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Households with people under 18	331 ±161	22.4% ±9.1 pp	34.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	1,147 ±372	77.6% ±14.2 pp	65.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 1,478
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	757 ±399 · low precision	51.2% ±23.2 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Two-person households	280 ±190 · low precision	18.9% ±11.8 pp · low precision	31.4%	33.8%
Three-person households	157 ±93 · low precision	10.6% ±5.6 pp · low precision	16.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	166 ±118 · low precision	11.2% ±7.4 pp · low precision	14.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	66 ±111 · low precision	4.5% ±7.4 pp · low precision	7.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	12 ±30 · low precision	0.8% ±2.0 pp · low precision	2.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	40 ±58 · low precision	2.7% ±3.9 pp · low precision	1.7%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 8,431
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Native	7,873 ±294	93.4% ±3.5 pp	82.4%	85.9%
Foreign born	558 ±296 · low precision	6.6% ±3.5 pp · low precision	17.6%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 8,268
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
English only	7,335 ±512	88.7% ±6.0 pp	64.9%	77.7%
Spanish	780 ±453 · low precision	9.4% ±5.5 pp · low precision	28.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	1 ±3 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	20 ±29 · low precision	0.2% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.7%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	20 ±26 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	112 ±111 · low precision	1.4% ±1.3 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 2,164
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	346 ±168	16.0% ±6.3 pp	14.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	381 ±198 · low precision	17.6% ±7.6 pp	24.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	335 ±177 · low precision	15.5% ±6.9 pp	20.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	105 ±82 · low precision	4.9% ±3.5 pp · low precision	7.7%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	756 ±634 · low precision	34.9% ±27.5 pp · low precision	21.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	241 ±142 · low precision	11.1% ±5.7 pp · low precision	12.3%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 8,347
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Same house	6,619 ±632	79.3% ±7.5 pp	86.0%	87.7%
Moved within same county	265 ±145 · low precision	3.2% ±1.7 pp · low precision	7.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,087 ±330	13.0% ±4.0 pp	3.9%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	376 ±488 · low precision	4.5% ±5.8 pp · low precision	2.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

20.7% of Prairie View residents (±5.6 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 17.1% in Texas and 8.4% nationally. 69.1% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Prairie View	Texas	U.S.	Compared with Texas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	20.7% ±5.6 pp	17.1%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	69.1% ±16.0 pp	91.4%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	0.4% ±0.4 pp · low precision	6.2%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Prairie View . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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