A typical Prairie View home is worth about $218,000
Down 0.9% in a year, 27% below the Texas typical home.
Only 2 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Prairie View?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,240
Renters already here pay a median of $1,002, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
A typical home costs 10.4 years of income
More than across Texas (3.8 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $146K short of a typical Prairie View home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,240 a month here, $250 less than owning.
How Prairie View ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Prairie View’s typical property tax (1.88% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
3 of Prairie View’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Prairie View’s homes were built before 1987.
Texas: 63% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
Up 2% in five years
Slower than Texas (11.1%).
Show as a table
| January | Prairie View | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $185,000 | $214,000 |
| 2020 | $189,000 | $223,000 |
| 2021 | $198,000 | $242,000 |
| 2022 | $227,000 | $286,000 |
| 2023 | $235,000 | $313,000 |
| 2024 | $226,000 | $311,000 |
| 2025 | $223,000 | $311,000 |
| 2026 | $220,000 | $303,000 |
| August 2026 | $218,000 | $299,000 |
A typical Prairie View home worth $162K in February 2018 is worth about $218K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
10 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 10 new homes in Prairie View in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.8 million to build. That's 1.2 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Texas (8.1). Over the past 10 years, Prairie View has permitted 131 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Prairie View gained 2,608 residents while 39 new homes were permitted: about 67 new residents per new home. Population grew faster than building, so existing homes filled up: a sign of tight supply. Across Texas: 2.6 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 8 | 8 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $2 million |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $514,000 |
| 2020 | 71 | 3 | 68 | $5.6 million |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 3 | $540,000 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | 3 | $1.2 million |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $594,000 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 | 3 | $776,000 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 4 | $725,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $167,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $390,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $130,000 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $330,000 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $400,000 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $335,000 |
| 2006 | 9 | 4 | 5 | $649,000 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $405,000 |
| 2004 | 9 | 4 | 5 | $506,000 |
| 2003 | 14 | 4 | 10 | $665,000 |
| 2002 | 27 | 5 | 22 | $1.1 million |
| 2001 | 19 | 3 | 16 | $952,000 |
| 2000 | 69 | 3 | 66 | $1.6 million |
Prairie View's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
How Prairie View ranks on new homes being built →
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Prairie View vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Prairie View. Tap one to see its housing page.
Compare more
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View | $218K | −0.9% | $1,240 | 10 | $21,060 |
| Waller | $293K | +2.6% | $1,300 | 284 | $39,969 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Prairie View buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.