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Ulysses, KS

5,712 Population
3.2 square miles 1,794.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.5 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Grant County: 32.6 ±1.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 36.7 ±0.2

Economics

$25,188 ±$2,734 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Grant County: $25,411 ±$2,223
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $31,814 ±$218
$50,959 ±$5,348 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Grant County: $53,413 † ±$8,952
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $59,597 ±$337

12% ±6.3% (675  ±355) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Grant County: 11.5% † 848 (±5.5% / ±405)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 12% 337,739 (±0.2% / ±5,822)

15.9 minutes ±3.7 (40,020  ±10,853) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Grant County: 15.2 † 48,820 (±3 / ±10,727)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.4 26,562,375 (±0.1 / ±168,786)

Families

2,000 ±170 Number of households
  • Grant County: 2,551 ±150
  • Kansas: 1,129,227 ±4,275
2.8 ±0.3 (5,643  ±297) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Grant County: 2.9 7,398 (±0.2 / ±74)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,830,428 (±0)

1.5% ±2.1% (18  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Grant County: 3% † 46 (±2.3% / ±36)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 5.8% 38,563 (±0.2% / ±1,213)

Housing

2,293 ±95 Number of housing units
  • Grant County: 2,961 ±27
  • Kansas: 1,273,297 ±545

$111,200 ±$14,844 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Grant County: $116,100 † ±$13,767
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $151,900 ±$682

8.8% ±5% (500  ±285.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Grant County: 7.2% † 533 (±4% / ±294.9)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 16.2% 466,908 (±0.3% / ±7,541.9)

Social

77.2% ±8.5% (2,574  ±360.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grant County: 77% † 3,395 (±7.9% / ±379.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91% 1,730,153 (±0.4% / ±7,694)
12.9% ±4.3% (431  ±148) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Grant County: 14.9% † 655 (±3.5% / ±158.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 33.4% 635,070 (±0.3% / ±4,816.1)

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

13.2% ±4.6% (751  ±267) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Grant County: 15.5% † 1,157 (±3.7% / ±274)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,845 (±0.1% / ±3,367)

5.1% ±2.6% (197  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Grant County: 5.1% † 259 (±2.1% / ±109)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 8.1% 176,444 (±0.1% / ±2,086)
197 Total veterans ±102 197 Male ±102 N/A Female ±15

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