Pratt ranks #7 in Kansas for short commutes
Pratt is ranked on 35 lists against the 158 Kansas towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 5.
The lists Pratt does best on
Each list ranks every KS town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Pratt marked.
Pratt lands in the top half on 10 of 21 lists
Each dot is Pratt’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KS, the right end is last. Areas where Pratt does best come first.
More vacation homes than 90% of Kansas
Not better or worse, just Pratt’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 25 for a top hospital nearby
Lists where Pratt sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every KS list, and where Pratt lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Norton · 7.4 min
#7 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · 0.7 yrs
#22
Cheapest rent#1 Prospect · $538/mo
#41
Lowest property tax#1 Oaklawn-Sunview · $701/yr
#30
Rent easiest to afford#1 Dodge City · 27.6%
Health
Healthiest#1 Fairway · 98 / 100
#88
F
Lowest obesity#1 Fort Riley · 25%
#58
Fewest smokers#1 Mission Hills · 7%
#70
Most active#1 Fairway · 15%
#106
Fewest uninsured#1 Mission Hills · 4%
#93
Lowest depression#1 Leawood · 17%
#34
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winfield · 0.2 mi
#27 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Winfield · 34.9%
#50
Most trails#1 Iola · 2.4 mi / sq mi
#64
Most walkable#1 Roeland Park · 169 / sq mi
#82 
People
Most educated#1 Mission Hills · 87.3%
#113
Youngest#1 Sherlock · 22.5
#58
M
Oldest#1 Monmouth · 54.0
#99
Most residents 65+#1 Minneha · 29.6%
#43
Most kids#1 Sherlock · 45.8%
#92 
Housing
L Vacation-home towns#1 Lincoln · 11.7% #17
Most new homes#1 Maize · 31.5 per 1,000
#92
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Garnett · +85.9%
#105
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Edwardsville · 15.1 per home
Climate
Snowiest#1 Goodland · 30 in
#36
Least snow#1 El Dorado · 4.5 in
#123
Mildest winters#1 Garden · 25.5°
#81
Hottest summers#1 Ulysses · 93.7°
#38
Coolest summers#1 Hiawatha · 87.7°
#111
Longest growing season#1 Kansas City · 211 days
#121
Wettest#1 Frontenac · 46 in
#133 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Girard · 20.0 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Hesston · 20.9 per resident
Best libraries for kids#1 Hesston · 40.7 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Ulysses · 5.6
The number on the right is Pratt’s spot. All of Kansas’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every KS list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.