Buhler vs Pretty Prairie

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

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

Buhler has the higher population (1,311 vs 553 in Pretty Prairie). Buhler has the higher median household income ($65,833 vs $57,969 in Pretty Prairie). Buhler has the higher median home value ($126,000 vs $83,500 in Pretty Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Buhler	Pretty Prairie
Population	1,311	553
Median age	36.3 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,833	$57,969
Median home value	$126,000	$83,500
Median gross rent	$798	$813
Housing units	498	299
Homeownership rate	75.0%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buhler	Pretty Prairie
Population	1,111 → 1,311 (+18.0%)	514 → 553 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$56,136 → $65,833 (+17.3%)	$47,656 → $57,969 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$97,800 → $126,000 (+28.8%)	$67,400 → $83,500 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $798 (+20.4%)	$754 → $813 (+7.8%)

Buhler

Population

1,1111,311

Median household income

$56,136$65,833

Median home value

$97,800$126,000

Median gross rent

$663$798

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)

	Buhler	Pretty Prairie
Under 5	7.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	24.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	3.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	19.9%
45 to 54	6.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	7.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	15.2%
75 and over	15.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buhler	Pretty Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	94.8%
Black or African American	2.1%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buhler	Pretty Prairie
No high school diploma	6.6%	4.5%
High school graduate	24.8%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buhler	Pretty Prairie
Drove alone	83.0%	70.1%
Carpooled	3.8%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.3%	5.9%
Other means	0.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buhler	Pretty Prairie
1-unit, detached	84.3%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Buhler	Pretty Prairie
Poverty rate	6.3%	10.3%
Average household size	2.82	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1956	1956