Pratt vs Preston

A side-by-side comparison of Pratt and Preston: population, income, housing, and more.

Pratt and Preston are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pratt has the higher population (6,559 vs 127 in Preston). Pratt has the higher median household income ($63,512 vs $28,462 in Preston). Pratt has the higher median home value ($103,300 vs $21,900 in Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Pratt	Preston
Population	6,559	127
Median age	34.7 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,512	$28,462
Median home value	$103,300	$21,900
Median gross rent	$809	$628
Housing units	3,043	105
Homeownership rate	65.5%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pratt	Preston
Population	6,703 → 6,559 (-2.1%)	163 → 127 (-22.1%)
Median household income	$49,767 → $63,512 (+27.6%)	$27,250 → $28,462 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$84,900 → $103,300 (+21.7%)	$24,600 → $21,900 (-11.0%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $809 (+16.2%)	$825 → $628 (-23.9%)

Pratt

Population

6,7036,559

Median household income

$49,767$63,512

Median home value

$84,900$103,300

Median gross rent

$696$809

Preston

Population

163127

Median household income

$27,250$28,462

Median home value

$24,600$21,900

Median gross rent

$825$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pratt	Preston
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.3%	0.8%
18 to 24	13.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	3.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	26.8%
45 to 54	8.3%	3.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	27.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	19.7%
75 and over	9.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pratt	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	96.1%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pratt	Preston
No high school diploma	8.1%	18.3%
High school graduate	34.3%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pratt	Preston
Drove alone	82.0%	67.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	16.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	16.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pratt	Preston
1-unit, detached	80.5%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Pratt	Preston
Poverty rate	10.3%	40.9%
Average household size	2.45	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	11	14
Median year structure built	1952	1942