Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Pratt has lower household incomes than 68% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 14.3% of residents, against 11.3% across Kansas. Jobs and income earn Pratt C; getting around on foot earns it A−. About half work in Pratt itself; outside it, Wichita draws the most (9%, 78 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pratt: the figures worth knowing
Pratt’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pratt is Wichita, 78 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (275) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Pratt are quick
The average trip to work takes 11 minutes, against 20 across Kansas. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Kansas worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Pratt
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pratt is better than 26% of U.S. towns, #127 of 151 in Kansas. Unemployment holds Pratt’s grade up (3.7%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pratt could be anywhere from D to B−.
How far Pratt goes to work
About 34% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Pratt’s commute takes about 11 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pratt workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,904 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Pratt on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,538 residents head out to work, 1,445 work right here, and 1,862 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Pratt work
Where Pratt clocks in
9% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Inside Pratt’s 3,307 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pratt, 2013 → 2023: 2,814 → 3,307. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pratt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pratt is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pratt is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #17 of 151 in Kansas. Both inputs place Pratt near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,068 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.6% of Pratt households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Pratt’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,555th of 3,283: where Pratt ranks among U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Aubry Township KS | 4,719 | $134K | 0.7% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Pleasant Township KS | 5,459 | $113K | 0.8% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Tecumseh Township KS | 7,829 | $110K | 2.7% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,553 | Indian River Estates FL | 7,685 | $64K | 20.7% | 5.9% | 2% | C |
| 2,554 | Pontoon Beach IL | 5,887 | $63K | 21.7% | 11.0% | 4% | C |
| 2,555 | Pratt KS | 6,574 | $64K | 14.3% | 3.7% | 48% | C |
| 2,556 | Redwood Falls MN | 5,040 | $62K | 17.2% | 3.3% | 46% | C |
| 2,557 | Madison Township MI | 7,538 | $70K | 16.2% | 6.7% | 9% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,283 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pratt, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
How Pratt compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pratt workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pratt | – | C | A− | 11 min | $63,819 |
| Township 7 | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Township 7: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pratt’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Pratt: questions
What is the median household income in Pratt?
$63,819 (±$8,706) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pratt?
14.3%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pratt?
11 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pratt work?
48% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (9%, 78 mi), Township 12 (3%, 9 mi), Hutchinson (3%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pratt walkable?
Pratt is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pratt without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pratt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pratt
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.