Work & commute · Pretty Prairie

Work & commute in Pretty Prairie, KS

Most working residents leave Pretty Prairie for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (19%), Hutchinson (15%) and South Hutchinson (2%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

36 of 272 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 236 Pretty Prairie residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pretty Prairie.

236live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

161work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pretty Prairie goes to work

Wichita37.4 mi away

19%53

Hutchinson20.6 mi away

15%40

Pretty Prairie (in town)right here

13%36

South Hutchinson17.3 mi away

2%6

Kingman10.5 mi away

2%6

Haven15.5 mi away

2%5

Maize30.8 mi away

2%5

Great Bend58.2 mi away

1%4

Manhattan123.8 mi away

1%4

Sumner15.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%109

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

How far

How far Pretty Prairie commutes

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

18%

30%

33%

18%

18%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pretty Prairie is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Pretty Prairie are

197 jobs are based in Pretty Prairie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pretty Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pretty Prairie

197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Pretty Prairie residents hold

272 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+32%

Jobs based in Pretty Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 149 → 197. 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.