Ulysses is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 589 people and just one neighborhood, Ulysses is the 946th largest community in Pennsylvania. Ulysses has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.
Ulysses is a blue-collar town, with 40.94% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Ulysses is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ulysses who work in office and administrative support (12.60%), food service (11.42%), and healthcare (5.51%).
Also of interest is that Ulysses has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The borough is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Ulysses has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ulysses a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Ulysses is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The rate of college-level education in Ulysses is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.66% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ulysses in 2022 was $25,878, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,512 for a family of four. However, Ulysses contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Ulysses home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ulysses residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Ulysses include German, Irish, English, Swiss, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Ulysses is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Ulysses, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
In the neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 13.7% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 96.8% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 2.1% have Welsh ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 12.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Ulysses are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 30.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.9%), and 14.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Polish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Ulysses, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.7%), and residents who report English roots (10.9%), and some of the residents are also of Welsh ancestry (2.1%), along with some Swiss ancestry residents (1.7%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (69.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (13.7%) and 10.4% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.