Overall, Ulysses’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
One of the benefits of Ulysses is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.24 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small city, Ulysses doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Ulysses with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.96% of adults in Ulysses have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ulysses in 2022 was $33,602, which is upper middle income relative to Kansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,408 for a family of four. However, Ulysses contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ulysses is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ulysses home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Ulysses, accounting for 51.03% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Ulysses residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Ulysses include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Russian.
In addition, Ulysses has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.43%).
The most common language spoken in Ulysses is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
