Rising City vs Ulysses

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

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

Rising City has the higher population (270 vs 157 in Ulysses). Ulysses has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $74,375 in Rising City). Rising City has the higher median home value ($110,000 vs $29,900 in Ulysses).

Population, income & housing

	Rising City	Ulysses
Population	270	157
Median age	51.3 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	$78,125
Median home value	$110,000	$29,900
Median gross rent	$567	$688
Housing units	127	100
Homeownership rate	86.9%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	1.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rising City	Ulysses
Population	428 → 270 (-36.9%)	203 → 157 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$59,750 → $74,375 (+24.5%)	$36,719 → $78,125 (+112.8%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $110,000 (+48.8%)	$44,200 → $29,900 (-32.4%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $567 (-8.4%)	$570 → $688 (+20.7%)

Rising City

Population

428270

Median household income

$59,750$74,375

Median home value

$73,900$110,000

Median gross rent

$619$567

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)

	Rising City	Ulysses
Under 5	1.5%	1.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	8.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	3.8%
25 to 34	3.0%	25.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	4.5%
45 to 54	19.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	20.4%	22.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.6%
75 and over	7.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rising City	Ulysses
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	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	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rising City	Ulysses
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	41.6%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	43.7%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rising City	Ulysses
Drove alone	79.6%	67.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	12.5%
Other means	1.3%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rising City	Ulysses
1-unit, detached	86.6%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Rising City	Ulysses
Poverty rate	7.2%	13.4%
Average household size	2.21	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1953	1938