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Prairieville is a small city of 35,238 people in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. It's about 14 miles from Baton Rouge, LA and 267 miles from Houston, TX, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 61°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $317k and rent runs about $1k a month.
35,238people
$317kTypical home
$1,324/moRent
90° / 61°Summer / winter
0"Snow
249Sunny days
128Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 35,238
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,602 people per sq mi
- 267 mi to Houston, TX
- 14 mi to Baton Rouge, LA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $317k (≈$2,002/mo)
- Median rent $1,324/mo
- Median household income $105k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 61°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 73°F)
- 249 sunny days a year (114 totally clear)
- 116 cloudy days a year
- 38 of 90 winter days are gray
- 128 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (269 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,528 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 44% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 38% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 19 mi to BTR airport
- 47 mi to MSY (major hub)
- 32 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2003
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 26 ft
- 33 mi to the ocean
- 23 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 15 mi to the nearest campground
- 14 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 418 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 80 bars within 25 mi
- 153 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 3 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 33 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 6% of Louisiana districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 4 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 11 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Ascension Parish: R+34 in 2024
- Louisiana: R+22 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk