Brainard vs Ulysses

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

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

Brainard has the higher population (279 vs 157 in Ulysses). Ulysses has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $73,750 in Brainard). Brainard has the higher median home value ($158,700 vs $29,900 in Ulysses).

Population, income & housing

	Brainard	Ulysses
Population	279	157
Median age	50.5 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$78,125
Median home value	$158,700	$29,900
Median gross rent	$700	$688
Housing units	173	100
Homeownership rate	82.4%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	1.5%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brainard	Ulysses
Population	420 → 279 (-33.6%)	203 → 157 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$61,000 → $73,750 (+20.9%)	$36,719 → $78,125 (+112.8%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $158,700 (+78.7%)	$44,200 → $29,900 (-32.4%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $700 (-2.5%)	$570 → $688 (+20.7%)

Brainard

Population

420279

Median household income

$61,000$73,750

Median home value

$88,800$158,700

Median gross rent

$718$700

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)

	Brainard	Ulysses
Under 5	7.2%	1.3%
5 to 17	13.3%	8.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	25.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	4.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	15.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	22.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.6%
75 and over	12.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brainard	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	0.0%	3.8%
Two or more races	1.1%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brainard	Ulysses
No high school diploma	1.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brainard	Ulysses
Drove alone	78.8%	67.2%
Carpooled	3.5%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.4%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brainard	Ulysses
1-unit, detached	93.6%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Brainard	Ulysses
Poverty rate	3.9%	13.4%
Average household size	2.05	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1946	1938