Pratt County, Kansas

Pratt County has a population of 9,127 and has shrunk 0.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $114,600, about 1.7 times the county's median household income of $66,022.

Home price
$114,600
Income
$66,022
Population
9,127
Unemployment
3.6%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$114,600county
Median gross rent$802county
Median year homes here were built1956county
Share of homes built before 198074.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant20.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented26.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use3.3%county
Typical monthly rent$1,380(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$877county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$766county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,157county
Home insurance / yr$5,260(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living88.8(statewide)
Median household income$66,022county
Family health premium / yr$24,220(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,105(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate12.3%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home6.5%county
Unemployment rate3.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force59.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.1%county
Share of workers employed by government18.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.7%county
Economic output per resident$81,679county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.74%county
Top state income tax5.58%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.58%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.71%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time12.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service68 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport8300county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.1 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station52 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.5%county
Traffic deaths109.6county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher25.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.5%county
Public schools in the county6county
Public school enrollment1569county
Students per full-time teacher13.4county
Free lunch eligible49.0%county
Elementary schools2county
Middle schools2county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution21 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians87county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter7.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance9.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year12.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year6.9%county
Frequent mental distress16.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.6%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population9,127county
Land area in square miles735county
People per square mile of land12.4county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store29.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract79.1%county
Population change since 2020-0.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age38.8 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over21.1%county
Share of households that are one person35.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.7%county
Second languages5.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls50.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents284county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in201county
Households that moved away215county
Average income of arriving households$41,224county
Average income of departing households$52,595county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes0county
Housing units authorised in the latest year0county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings40.3%(statewide)
Violent crime rate439(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature56.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation31.2 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.74 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F46 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing100 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days195 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 12county
Average first fall frostOct 24county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$112county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh13.7¢county
Household electricity use832 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.23(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity12.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas72.6%county
Homes heated by propane12.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood1.1%county
Households with broadband84.0%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk15.2county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk96.1county
Landslide risk6.1county
Hail risk91.1county
Earthquake risk23.5county
Tornado risk68.6county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk32.7county
Winter weather risk5.9county
Strong wind risk49.9county
Wildfire risk80.6county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Pratt County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Kansas figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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