Surprise vs Ulysses

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

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

Ulysses has the higher population (157 vs 41 in Surprise). Surprise has the higher median household income ($106,563 vs $78,125 in Ulysses). Since 2019, Ulysses's population has grown faster (-22.7% vs -26.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Surprise	Ulysses
Population	41	157
Median age	52.1 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$106,563	$78,125
Median home value	—	$29,900
Median gross rent	—	$688
Housing units	17	100
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	1.5%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Surprise	Ulysses
Population	56 → 41 (-26.8%)	203 → 157 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $106,563 (+130.4%)	$36,719 → $78,125 (+112.8%)
Median home value	$44,500 → $47,000 (+5.6%)	$44,200 → $29,900 (-32.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$570 → $688 (+20.7%)

Surprise

Population

5641

Median household income

$46,250$106,563

Median home value

$44,500$47,000

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)

	Surprise	Ulysses
Under 5	7.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	19.5%	8.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	25.5%
35 to 44	14.6%	4.5%
45 to 54	22.0%	15.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	22.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.6%
75 and over	22.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Surprise	Ulysses
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	87.9%
Black or African American	24.4%	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	0.0%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Surprise	Ulysses
No high school diploma	10.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	46.7%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Surprise	Ulysses
Drove alone	82.4%	67.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Surprise	Ulysses
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Surprise	Ulysses
Poverty rate	12.2%	13.4%
Average household size	2.73	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938