Work & commute · Pratt

Work & commute in Pratt, KS

48% of Pratt’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Wichita (9%), Township 12 (3%) and Hutchinson (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

1,445 of 2,983 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,538 Pratt residents head out of town to work, 1,445 work right here, and 1,862 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pratt.

1,538live here, work elsewhere

1,445live and work here

1,862work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pratt goes to work

Pratt (in town)right here

48%1,445

Wichita77.5 mi away

9%275

Township 129 mi away

3%90

Hutchinson53.1 mi away

3%78

Iuka2.8 mi away

2%63

Great Bend45.6 mi away

1%36

Hays87.2 mi away

1%34

Topeka190.2 mi away

1%34

Greensburg29.4 mi away

1%33

Dodge City68.5 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%862

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Pratt commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

56%

34%

56%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pratt is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pratt are

3,307 jobs are based in Pratt. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pratt’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pratt

3,307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Pratt residents hold

2,983 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+18%

Jobs based in Pratt, 2013 → 2023: 2,814 → 3,307. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.