Octavia vs Ulysses

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

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

Octavia has the higher population (166 vs 157 in Ulysses). Ulysses has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $65,417 in Octavia). Octavia has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $29,900 in Ulysses).

Population, income & housing

	Octavia	Ulysses
Population	166	157
Median age	35.6 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$78,125
Median home value	$112,500	$29,900
Median gross rent	—	$688
Housing units	65	100
Homeownership rate	81.8%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	1.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Octavia	Ulysses
Population	151 → 166 (+9.9%)	203 → 157 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$63,333 → $65,417 (+3.3%)	$36,719 → $78,125 (+112.8%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $112,500 (+82.3%)	$44,200 → $29,900 (-32.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$570 → $688 (+20.7%)

Octavia

Population

151166

Median household income

$63,333$65,417

Median home value

$61,700$112,500

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)

	Octavia	Ulysses
Under 5	3.6%	1.3%
5 to 17	34.3%	8.9%
18 to 24	3.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	7.2%	25.5%
35 to 44	6.0%	4.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	21.1%	22.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.6%
75 and over	3.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Octavia	Ulysses
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	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	0.6%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	52.4%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Octavia	Ulysses
No high school diploma	30.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	37.8%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Octavia	Ulysses
Drove alone	72.7%	67.2%
Carpooled	1.3%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.1%	12.5%
Other means	3.9%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Octavia	Ulysses
1-unit, detached	87.7%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Octavia	Ulysses
Poverty rate	22.3%	13.4%
Average household size	3.02	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1965	1938