Bellwood vs Ulysses

A side-by-side comparison of Bellwood and Ulysses: population, income, housing, and more.

Bellwood and Ulysses are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bellwood has the higher population (460 vs 157 in Ulysses). Ulysses has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $70,795 in Bellwood). Bellwood has the higher median home value ($116,000 vs $29,900 in Ulysses).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Ulysses
Population	460	157
Median age	46.5 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,795	$78,125
Median home value	$116,000	$29,900
Median gross rent	$735	$688
Housing units	235	100
Homeownership rate	84.1%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	1.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Ulysses
Population	416 → 460 (+10.6%)	203 → 157 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $70,795 (+21.8%)	$36,719 → $78,125 (+112.8%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $116,000 (+32.9%)	$44,200 → $29,900 (-32.4%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $735 (+1.8%)	$570 → $688 (+20.7%)

Bellwood

Population

416460

Median household income

$58,125$70,795

Median home value

$87,300$116,000

Median gross rent

$722$735

Ulysses

Population

203157

Median household income

$36,719$78,125

Median home value

$44,200$29,900

Median gross rent

$570$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Ulysses
Under 5	2.2%	1.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	8.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	8.7%	25.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	4.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	15.9%
55 to 64	20.9%	22.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.6%
75 and over	8.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Ulysses
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	3.8%
Two or more races	2.6%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Ulysses
No high school diploma	6.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	38.0%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Ulysses
Drove alone	96.3%	67.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Ulysses
1-unit, detached	74.5%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Ulysses
Poverty rate	10.7%	13.4%
Average household size	2.29	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1975	1938