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Ulysses, KS

5,812 Population
3.2 square miles 1,800.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Grant County: 32.9 ±1.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$37,846 ±$7,400 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Grant County: $39,635 † ±$6,418
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$63,765 ±$19,700 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Grant County: $72,484 † ±$44,074
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

6.4% ±4.3% (364  ±249) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Grant County: 5.4% † 390 (±3.5% / ±250)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

30.8 minutes ±14.3 (77,935  ±37,764) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Grant County: 27.8 † 93,615 (±10.9 / ±37,851)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

1,840 ±209 Number of households
  • Grant County: 2,377 ±177
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
3.1 ±0.4 (5,751  ±369) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Grant County: 3 7,223 (±0.2 / ±3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

40.4% ±20% (428  ±221) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Grant County: 33.3% † 453 (±15.5% / ±214)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

2,221 ±123 Number of housing units
  • Grant County: 2,932 ±13
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$123,100 ±$34,092 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Grant County: $146,200 † ±$34,888
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

5.9% ±3.3% (341  ±,189.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Grant County: 5.9% † 427 (±3% / ±,216.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

79.3% ±10.9% (2,769  ±,470.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grant County: 81.1% † 3,524 (±10.2% / ±,489.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
22.3% ±7.9% (779  ±,287.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Grant County: 25.6% † 1,111 (±6.9% / ±,308.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

26% ±6.6% (1,511  ±393) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Grant County: 23% 1,676
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

2% ±1.7% (78  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Grant County: 3% † 152 (±1.6% / ±79)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
78 Total veterans ±69 78 Male ±69 N/A Female ±16

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