Pretty Prairie vs The Highlands

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

Pretty Prairie and The Highlands 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 474 in The Highlands). The Highlands has the higher median household income ($83,229 vs $57,969 in Pretty Prairie). The Highlands has the higher median home value ($263,500 vs $83,500 in Pretty Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Pretty Prairie	The Highlands
Population	553	474
Median age	46.2 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,969	$83,229
Median home value	$83,500	$263,500
Median gross rent	$813	—
Housing units	299	253
Homeownership rate	75.9%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pretty Prairie	The Highlands
Population	514 → 553 (+7.6%)	380 → 474 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$47,656 → $57,969 (+21.6%)	$59,830 → $83,229 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$67,400 → $83,500 (+23.9%)	$213,800 → $263,500 (+23.2%)
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

The Highlands

Population

380474

Median household income

$59,830$83,229

Median home value

$213,800$263,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pretty Prairie	The Highlands
Under 5	2.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	4.6%
18 to 24	3.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	9.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	19.9%	3.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	21.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	15.2%	25.3%
75 and over	10.1%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pretty Prairie	The Highlands
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pretty Prairie	The Highlands
No high school diploma	4.5%	1.0%
High school graduate	38.1%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pretty Prairie	The Highlands
Drove alone	70.1%	91.2%
Carpooled	11.8%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	5.5%
Other means	2.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pretty Prairie	The Highlands
1-unit, detached	92.0%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pretty Prairie	The Highlands
Poverty rate	10.3%	2.3%
Average household size	2.09	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1956	1997