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Ulysses, KS

5,639 Population
3.2 square miles 1,771.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Grant County: 32.6 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 36.5 ±0.1

Economics

$25,379 ±$2,811 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Grant County: $25,788 ±$2,372
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $30,757 ±$189
$52,986 ±$8,534 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Grant County: $55,455 † ±$9,500
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $57,422 ±$337

9.6% ±5.2% (533  ±290) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Grant County: 8.8% † 666 (±4.1% / ±309)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 12.4% 350,280 (±0.2% / ±6,769)

16.2 minutes ±4.3 (40,285  ±12,077) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Grant County: 16.3 † 54,500 (±2.9 / ±11,265)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.3 26,202,845 (±0.1 / ±167,035)

Families

1,935 ±194 Number of households
  • Grant County: 2,592 ±146
  • Kansas: 1,124,549 ±4,096
2.9 ±0.4 (5,570  ±398) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Grant County: 2.9 7,547 (±0.2 / ±76)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,828,708 (±0)

2.5% ±3.6% (30  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Grant County: 2.2% † 36 (±2.9% / ±46)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 5.8% 38,640 (±0.2% / ±1,203)

Housing

2,168 ±136 Number of housing units
  • Grant County: 2,947 ±35
  • Kansas: 1,266,378 ±484

$101,900 ±$15,266 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Grant County: $109,000 † ±$12,863
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $145,400 ±$806

12.1% ±5% (682  ±283.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Grant County: 9.4% † 715 (±3.8% / ±288.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 16.5% 472,410 (±0.3% / ±7,675.4)

Social

74.6% ±7.7% (2,433  ±336.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grant County: 73.5% † 3,329 (±7.7% / ±368.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 90.7% 1,718,956 (±0.4% / ±7,851.4)
14.1% ±4.7% (461  ±160.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Grant County: 15.4% † 697 (±3.7% / ±170.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 32.9% 623,076 (±0.3% / ±4,836.5)

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

14.9% ±4.4% (842  ±253) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Grant County: 16.3% † 1,244 (±3.3% / ±248)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 206,683 (±0.1% / ±2,955)

3.6% ±2% (136  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Grant County: 3.6% † 187 (±1.5% / ±75)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 8.3% 181,453 (±0.1% / ±2,219)
136 Total veterans ±77 136 Male ±77 N/A Female ±15

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