Brown County vs Pratt County

A side-by-side comparison of Brown County and Pratt County: population, income, housing, and more.

Brown County and Pratt County are counties in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brown County has the higher population (9,415 vs 9,120 in Pratt County). Pratt County has the higher median household income ($64,348 vs $58,886 in Brown County). Pratt County has the higher median home value ($114,500 vs $111,100 in Brown County).

Population, income & housing

	Brown County	Pratt County
Population	9,415	9,120
Median age	42.0 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,886	$64,348
Median home value	$111,100	$114,500
Median gross rent	$675	$810
Housing units	4,489	4,375
Homeownership rate	75.4%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown County	Pratt County
Population	9,626 → 9,415 (-2.2%)	9,452 → 9,120 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $58,886 (+21.8%)	$52,327 → $64,348 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $111,100 (+25.5%)	$91,900 → $114,500 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $675 (+6.6%)	$692 → $810 (+17.1%)

Brown County

Population

9,6269,415

Median household income

$48,333$58,886

Median home value

$88,500$111,100

Median gross rent

$633$675

Pratt County

Population

9,4529,120

Median household income

$52,327$64,348

Median home value

$91,900$114,500

Median gross rent

$692$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown County	Pratt County
Under 5	6.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.2%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	11.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.3%	8.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	12.3%
75 and over	8.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown County	Pratt County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	85.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown County	Pratt County
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	38.9%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown County	Pratt County
Drove alone	78.7%	80.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.1%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown County	Pratt County
1-unit, detached	84.9%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	2.4%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Brown County	Pratt County
Poverty rate	14.2%	9.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	16	13
Median year structure built	1962	1955