Most of Ulysses commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
Ulysses has 84 jobs; 148 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Ulysses itself; outside it, Bingham Township draws the most (11%, 5 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Ulysses on a workday
On a workday 145 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Ulysses on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Ulysses’ working residents head each day
Where Ulysses clocks in
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Ulysses
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ulysses, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 84. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ulysses’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Ulysses takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ulysses workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 176 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Ulysses
About 31% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Ulysses and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ulysses workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulysses | – | — | — | 32 min | $34,063 |
| Ulysses Township | 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ulysses Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ulysses Township. Darker towns draw more of Ulysses’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ulysses: questions
What is the median household income in Ulysses?
$34,063 (±$21,206) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ulysses?
22.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ulysses?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ulysses work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bingham Township (11%, 5 mi), Harrison Township (9%, 6 mi), Westfield Township (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ulysses without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ulysses, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ulysses
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.