Census Reporter

Ulysses, KS

5,518 Population
3.2 square miles 1,709.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Grant County: 32.5 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,500 ±$6,270 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Grant County: $31,400 † ±$5,206
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$51,370 ±$3,714 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Grant County: $60,625 † ±$29,159
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

14.3% ±6% (780  ±331) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Grant County: 12.7% † 922 (±5.1% / ±372)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

23.4 minutes ±11.9 (50,000  ±26,520) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Grant County: 20.4 † 58,970 (±8.7 / ±26,089)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

1,896 ±154 Number of households
  • Grant County: 2,561 ±126
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.9 ±0.3 (5,452  ±314) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Grant County: 2.8 7,258 (±0.1 / ±70)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

13.4% ±11% (150  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Grant County: 11.7% † 170 (±8.7% / ±126)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

2,163 ±124 Number of housing units
  • Grant County: 2,961 ±27
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$120,400 ±$25,035 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Grant County: $137,000 † ±$22,639
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

7.7% ±4.8% (423  ±266.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Grant County: 7.3% † 528 (±4.1% / ±299.8)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

80.5% ±10.1% (2,635  ±385.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grant County: 80.3% † 3,518 (±9% / ±415.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
15.8% ±5.7% (518  ±189.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Grant County: 20.6% † 900 (±5% / ±221.1)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

13.6% ±4.7% (752  ±264) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Grant County: 15.8% † 1,154 (±3.2% / ±233)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

4.5% ±2.6% (170  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Grant County: 4.9% † 248 (±2.3% / ±114)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
170 Total veterans ±97 170 Male ±97 N/A Female ±15

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