Pretty Prairie vs South Hutchinson

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

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

South Hutchinson has the higher population (2,826 vs 553 in Pretty Prairie). Pretty Prairie has the higher median household income ($57,969 vs $42,221 in South Hutchinson). South Hutchinson has the higher median home value ($147,900 vs $83,500 in Pretty Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Pretty Prairie	South Hutchinson
Population	553	2,826
Median age	46.2 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,969	$42,221
Median home value	$83,500	$147,900
Median gross rent	$813	$555
Housing units	299	1,287
Homeownership rate	75.9%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pretty Prairie	South Hutchinson
Population	514 → 553 (+7.6%)	2,499 → 2,826 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$47,656 → $57,969 (+21.6%)	$36,500 → $42,221 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$67,400 → $83,500 (+23.9%)	$98,200 → $147,900 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $813 (+7.8%)	$532 → $555 (+4.3%)

Pretty Prairie

Population

514553

Median household income

$47,656$57,969

Median home value

$67,400$83,500

Median gross rent

$754$813

South Hutchinson

Population

2,4992,826

Median household income

$36,500$42,221

Median home value

$98,200$147,900

Median gross rent

$532$555

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pretty Prairie	South Hutchinson
Under 5	2.9%	2.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	3.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	19.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	15.2%	13.9%
75 and over	10.1%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pretty Prairie	South Hutchinson
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	7.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pretty Prairie	South Hutchinson
No high school diploma	4.5%	10.3%
High school graduate	38.1%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pretty Prairie	South Hutchinson
Drove alone	70.1%	75.8%
Carpooled	11.8%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.9%	10.4%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pretty Prairie	South Hutchinson
1-unit, detached	92.0%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	23.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Pretty Prairie	South Hutchinson
Poverty rate	10.3%	10.2%
Average household size	2.09	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1956	1974