Pretty Prairie vs Sylvia

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

Pretty Prairie and Sylvia 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 180 in Sylvia). Pretty Prairie has the higher median household income ($57,969 vs $50,000 in Sylvia). Pretty Prairie has the higher median home value ($83,500 vs $59,300 in Sylvia).

Population, income & housing

	Pretty Prairie	Sylvia
Population	553	180
Median age	46.2 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,969	$50,000
Median home value	$83,500	$59,300
Median gross rent	$813	—
Housing units	299	127
Homeownership rate	75.9%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pretty Prairie	Sylvia
Population	514 → 553 (+7.6%)	115 → 180 (+56.5%)
Median household income	$47,656 → $57,969 (+21.6%)	$34,063 → $50,000 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$67,400 → $83,500 (+23.9%)	$30,000 → $59,300 (+97.7%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $813 (+7.8%)	—

Pretty Prairie

Population

514553

Median household income

$47,656$57,969

Median home value

$67,400$83,500

Median gross rent

$754$813

Sylvia

Population

115180

Median household income

$34,063$50,000

Median home value

$30,000$59,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pretty Prairie	Sylvia
Under 5	2.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	3.1%	1.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	7.2%
35 to 44	19.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	8.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	26.7%
65 to 74	15.2%	11.1%
75 and over	10.1%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pretty Prairie	Sylvia
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pretty Prairie	Sylvia
No high school diploma	4.5%	10.2%
High school graduate	38.1%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pretty Prairie	Sylvia
Drove alone	70.1%	47.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	37.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	2.3%
Worked from home	5.9%	12.5%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pretty Prairie	Sylvia
1-unit, detached	92.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pretty Prairie	Sylvia
Poverty rate	10.3%	11.1%
Average household size	2.09	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1956	1955