Arlington vs Pretty Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Arlington and Pretty Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pretty Prairie has the higher population (553 vs 393 in Arlington). Pretty Prairie has the higher median household income ($57,969 vs $48,750 in Arlington). Pretty Prairie has the higher median home value ($83,500 vs $64,300 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Pretty Prairie
Population	393	553
Median age	30.0 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$57,969
Median home value	$64,300	$83,500
Median gross rent	$786	$813
Housing units	213	299
Homeownership rate	65.2%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Pretty Prairie
Population	528 → 393 (-25.6%)	514 → 553 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$36,438 → $48,750 (+33.8%)	$47,656 → $57,969 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$48,400 → $64,300 (+32.9%)	$67,400 → $83,500 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $786 (+11.6%)	$754 → $813 (+7.8%)

Arlington

Population

528393

Median household income

$36,438$48,750

Median home value

$48,400$64,300

Median gross rent

$704$786

Pretty Prairie

Population

514553

Median household income

$47,656$57,969

Median home value

$67,400$83,500

Median gross rent

$754$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Pretty Prairie
Under 5	9.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	12.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	15.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	15.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	19.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	15.2%
75 and over	9.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Pretty Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Pretty Prairie
No high school diploma	13.3%	4.5%
High school graduate	30.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Pretty Prairie
Drove alone	83.7%	70.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	2.6%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Pretty Prairie
1-unit, detached	95.3%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Pretty Prairie
Poverty rate	38.7%	10.3%
Average household size	2.10	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1943	1956