Cloud County vs Pratt County

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

Cloud 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.

Pratt County has the higher population (9,120 vs 8,973 in Cloud County). Pratt County has the higher median household income ($64,348 vs $57,333 in Cloud County). Pratt County has the higher median home value ($114,500 vs $96,300 in Cloud County).

Population, income & housing

	Cloud County	Pratt County
Population	8,973	9,120
Median age	39.4 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,333	$64,348
Median home value	$96,300	$114,500
Median gross rent	$689	$810
Housing units	4,490	4,375
Homeownership rate	74.7%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cloud County	Pratt County
Population	8,938 → 8,973 (+0.4%)	9,452 → 9,120 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$45,373 → $57,333 (+26.4%)	$52,327 → $64,348 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$75,800 → $96,300 (+27.0%)	$91,900 → $114,500 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $689 (+9.2%)	$692 → $810 (+17.1%)

Cloud County

Population

8,9388,973

Median household income

$45,373$57,333

Median home value

$75,800$96,300

Median gross rent

$631$689

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)

	Cloud County	Pratt County
Under 5	7.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.9%
18 to 24	9.9%	11.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.3%
75 and over	9.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cloud County	Pratt County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cloud County	Pratt County
No high school diploma	4.2%	7.7%
High school graduate	30.9%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cloud County	Pratt County
Drove alone	83.3%	80.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	3.1%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cloud County	Pratt County
1-unit, detached	88.4%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Cloud County	Pratt County
Poverty rate	10.2%	9.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	17	13
Median year structure built	1953	1955