Linn County vs Pratt County

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

Linn 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.

Linn County has the higher population (9,723 vs 9,120 in Pratt County). Pratt County has the higher median household income ($64,348 vs $59,200 in Linn County). Linn County has the higher median home value ($164,500 vs $114,500 in Pratt County).

Population, income & housing

	Linn County	Pratt County
Population	9,723	9,120
Median age	45.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,200	$64,348
Median home value	$164,500	$114,500
Median gross rent	$682	$810
Housing units	5,180	4,375
Homeownership rate	79.6%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linn County	Pratt County
Population	9,671 → 9,723 (+0.5%)	9,452 → 9,120 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$48,778 → $59,200 (+21.4%)	$52,327 → $64,348 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$110,100 → $164,500 (+49.4%)	$91,900 → $114,500 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $682 (+2.2%)	$692 → $810 (+17.1%)

Linn County

Population

9,6719,723

Median household income

$48,778$59,200

Median home value

$110,100$164,500

Median gross rent

$667$682

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)

	Linn County	Pratt County
Under 5	4.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	11.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	8.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	12.3%
75 and over	9.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linn County	Pratt County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linn County	Pratt County
No high school diploma	5.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	37.0%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linn County	Pratt County
Drove alone	78.5%	80.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	3.3%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.6%	7.1%
Other means	1.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linn County	Pratt County
1-unit, detached	80.8%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Linn County	Pratt County
Poverty rate	10.7%	9.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	32	13
Median year structure built	1981	1955