Pratt County vs Rice County

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

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

Rice County has the higher population (9,389 vs 9,120 in Pratt County). Pratt County has the higher median household income ($64,348 vs $63,947 in Rice County). Pratt County has the higher median home value ($114,500 vs $105,500 in Rice County).

Population, income & housing

	Pratt County	Rice County
Population	9,120	9,389
Median age	38.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,348	$63,947
Median home value	$114,500	$105,500
Median gross rent	$810	$717
Housing units	4,375	4,384
Homeownership rate	70.7%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pratt County	Rice County
Population	9,452 → 9,120 (-3.5%)	9,658 → 9,389 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$52,327 → $64,348 (+23.0%)	$53,012 → $63,947 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $114,500 (+24.6%)	$74,700 → $105,500 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $810 (+17.1%)	$581 → $717 (+23.4%)

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

Rice County

Population

9,6589,389

Median household income

$53,012$63,947

Median home value

$74,700$105,500

Median gross rent

$581$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pratt County	Rice County
Under 5	6.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	11.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	10.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.4%
75 and over	9.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pratt County	Rice County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	78.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pratt County	Rice County
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	30.0%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pratt County	Rice County
Drove alone	80.6%	76.6%
Carpooled	5.5%	11.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	5.4%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.1%	5.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pratt County	Rice County
1-unit, detached	83.9%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	2.8%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Pratt County	Rice County
Poverty rate	9.5%	7.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	13	22
Median year structure built	1955	1955