Best PlacesPrairieville, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prairieville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Prairieville ranks 32,360th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Prairieville
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Prairieville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prairieville ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 85% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 127 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Prairieville ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute36.8 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Prairieville
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prairieville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $56,102; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Prairieville's effective rate of 0.98%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Prairieville
Prairieville runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Prairieville.
Who works in Prairieville, and how
Work in Prairieville centers on public administration and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Prairieville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Prairieville.
What the weather is like in Prairieville, month by month
Prairieville sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 81° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Prairieville
The nearest airport, Tyler Pounds Regional, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 50 miles away.
The best schools in and around Prairieville
Schools across Prairieville average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Central ElB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Norman J HC+ · 38% proficient
- Mabank IntC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Mabank H SB · 50% proficient
- Kaufman H SB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prairieville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prairieville measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Prairieville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Prairieville
Is Prairieville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prairieville ranks 32,360th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, quiet, and big-city access, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Prairieville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $230,715. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $56,102 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Prairieville safe?
Prairieville is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $391 per resident a year.
Compare Prairieville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prairieville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prairieville represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Prairieville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prairieville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prairieville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prairieville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prairieville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prairieville detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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