Pretty Prairie is a city of 641 people in Kansas. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $100,000. 0% of residents were born outside the United States. Owners hold 75% of the housing stock. Renters pay $750 a month at the median. At a median age of 42.3, this is an older place than the country as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $65,500, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
29% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Pretty Prairie
What changed most since 1990
Median age50.1 → 42.3(−7.8 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
White share99.0% → 93.4%(−5.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree22.0% → 29.5%(+7.5 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)10.3%(3)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)24.1%(7)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era44.8%(13)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War10.3%(3)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 29 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Pretty Prairie, decade by decade
Pretty Prairie population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
601
$54,002
$68,162
22.0%
2.5
2000
615
$59,854
$88,715
21.8%
5.2
2010
680
$59,065
$89,767
15.4%
12.4
2020
660
$61,878
$82,055
21.8%
25.3
2024
641
$65,500
$100,000
29.5%
15.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
