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Population (year 2000): 4,410. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,658 (+5.6% change)
Males: 2,069 (46.9%), Females: 2,341 (53.1%)
Waller County
Zip code:
77446
Median resident age: 20.8 years
Median household income: $24,805 (year 2000)
Median house value: $69,200 (year 2000)
Races in Prairie View:
- Black (93.5%)
- Hispanic (2.7%)
- White Non-Hispanic (2.6%)
- Other race (1.4%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
Ancestries: Subsaharan African (2.1%), West
Indian (1.3%).
Land area: 7.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Prairie View
- High school or higher: 83.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 38.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 24.3%
- Unemployed: 58.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Prairie View city
- Never married: 56.1%
- Now married: 33.1%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 5.1%
- Divorced: 3.1%
3.5% Foreign born (2.1% Latin America, 1.0%
Africa).
Population change in the 1990s: +401 (+10.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Prairie View:
- BELLVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles;
BELLVILLE, TX)
- GRIMES ST JOSEPH HEALTH CENTER (about 21 miles;
NAVASOTA, TX)
- MEMORIAL HERMANN KATY HOSPITAL (about 26 miles;
KATY, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Prairie View:
- EASTERWOOD FIELD (about 43 miles; COLLEGE STATION,
TX; ID: CLL)
- GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL ARPT/HOUSTON (about 47
miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID: IAH)
- WILLIAM P HOBBY (about 59 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
HOU)
Other public-use airports nearest to Prairie View:
- MIKESKA FIELD (about 15 miles; BROOKSHIRE, TX; ID:
12R)
- GRAWUNDER FIELD (about 20 miles; BELLVILLE, TX; ID:
06R)
- NAVASOTA MUNI (about 21 miles; NAVASOTA, TX; ID:
60R)
College/University in Prairie View:
- PRAIRIE VIEW A & M UNIVERSITY (Full-time
enrollment: 5,823; Location: PO BOX 519; Public; Offers
Doctor's degree)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Prairie View:
- BLINN COLLEGE (about 30 miles; BRENHAM, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 8,448)
- HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (about 43 miles;
HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 21,140)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER (about
43 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,595)
- NORTH HARRIS MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
(about 43 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 13,933)
- HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; HOUSTON,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,273)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY (about 47 miles; COLLEGE
STATION, TX; FT enrollment: 41,117)
- RICE UNIVERSITY (about 47 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT
enrollment: 4,158)
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