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Public schools that outperform most of Louisiana. Settled in 1884, this town now has 35,238 residents.
Prairieville’s standout strength is schools: its schools outperform 91% of the state's. This Louisiana town ranks 2nd of 161 in Louisiana, with an A overall. It comes out better than 87% of U.S. towns. Incomes are another plus (A): the median household earns $105K. A typical home there costs about $340K, 4.9 years of the Baton Rouge metro’s $70K median household income. The trade-off is hazard risk — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 85% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. The town has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Robert Penn Warren House and Kraemer House. Only 4 of the 127 Louisiana towns we compare have a higher typical home value than Prairieville.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places · Zillow, September 2026.
Where Prairieville beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Prairieville Primary School | PK–5 | 865 |
| Oak Grove Primary School | PK–5 | 725 |
| Bluff Ridge Primary | PK–5 | 677 |
| Widest gap | Prairieville | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.6% | 18.1% |
26,895 counted in 2010 and 33,197 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Prairieville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2012 and 5 maps from 1934 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Prairieville. Close and well known come first.
15 mi Stadium & arenaTiger Stadium
17 mi MuseumUSS Kidd
26 mi MuseumWhitney Plantation Historic District5 mi Theme parkBlue Bayou and Dixie Landin'
15 mi Stadium & arenaPete Maravich Assembly Center33 mi Museum1811 Kid Ory Historic HouseTiger Stadium: Daniel Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0 · USS Kidd: Cobatfor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Whitney Plantation Historic District: Bill Leiser, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pete Maravich Assembly Center: Spatms, CC BY-SA 3.0
Prairieville is unincorporated, so Ascension Parish and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Prairieville.
Prairieville is among the three healthiest towns in Louisiana, has schools in the top 5% of Louisiana and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
The median property tax bill is $2,020, against $1,180 across Louisiana, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
In Prairieville, the going rate for rent is $1,324 a month. The typical home value in the town is about $340,000, up 2.1% in a year, 59% above the Louisiana typical home. 86% of Prairieville households live in a home they own.
| Prairieville | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,324 a month | $989 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
That grade ranks #3 of the 162 Louisiana towns we grade for schools.
The public schools here belong to the Ascension Parish school district. The largest public high school is Prairieville High School, with 1,377 students. Three of the 6 schools are below, and why each made the list.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairieville Primary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 865 | A |
| Prairieville High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,377 | – |
| Oak Grove Primary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 725 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
Prairieville has had 259 paid flood insurance claims since 2001. FEMA puts 63% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 15% to inland flooding. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 8 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here grew from 6,233 in 2013 to 9,025.
For most workers, Prairieville is a place to come home to: only 7% work in town. Only 6 of the 160 Louisiana towns we compare have a higher median household income than Prairieville. The mean commuting time here is 32 minutes. This Louisiana town had 9,025 jobs in 2023, up 2,792 from 2013.
| Prairieville | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.6% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $105,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 8.9% | 5.6% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
It ranks #3 of the 161 Louisiana towns we grade on the CDC estimates behind the Health Grade. Its widest gap with Louisiana is tooth loss: 8.6% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 18.1% statewide.
In Prairieville, just over one in ten adults report frequent physical distress, below both Louisiana’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (14%). The share of adults in Prairieville who have obesity: 33%. Among 161 Louisiana towns, just 4 have a lower share of adults who have high blood pressure than Prairieville. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Prairieville is ahead of Louisiana on 18 and behind on 1.
| Prairieville | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 16% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 34% | 25% |
| What stands out | Prairieville | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.6% | 18.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.5% | 22.5% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 75.1% | 78.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
January nights average 41.2°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.8°.
For Prairieville, the typical July afternoon high is 92°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Prairieville | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 41°F | 42°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 92°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Just 13 of its 14,084 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Prairieville itself; its outdoors grade is D.
Trails total 0.1 miles in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Prairieville Park | — | 6 |
| 2. Southwood Park | — | 5 |
| 3. Oak Grove Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
5 within 15 miles of the center of Prairieville
About 7 of every 100 Prairieville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Louisiana.
Where Prairieville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Prairieville on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Prairieville.
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
Prairieville is a census-designated place in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is south of Baton Rouge and north of Gonzales. Prairieville is an expanding bedroom suburb of Baton Rouge. Its name is derived from the once plentiful pastures and prairies that were visible from Highway 73 (Jefferson Hwy.) and Airline Highway, which is now covered with development. Prairieville started off as a quiet community with few people. In recent decades, Prairieville has experienced growth from migration out of Baton Rouge, with new residents particularly drawn to the area by its high-performing public schools and low crime rate. Prairieville had a 2020 census population of 33,197 inhabitant…
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One town shares a border with Prairieville.
| Town | LA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairieville | #2 | A | C+ | — | A | B+ |
| St. George | — | — | — | — | B− | — |
Prairieville and St. George report no FBI crime data of their own. St. George isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Prairieville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Prairieville grades A overall, better than 87% of U.S. towns and #2 of 161 in Louisiana. It grades B+ for health and A for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
4 notable people were born here, including Stephan Kinsella and Justin Reid.
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