Photo: Daniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Ogden Township have higher incomes than those in 75% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Ogden Township itself; outside it, Champaign draws the most (26%, 16 miles). 5.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.8% across Illinois. The two grades for Ogden Township are A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Ogden Township apart
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Ogden Township
The poverty rate holds Ogden Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Ogden Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ogden Township could be anywhere from B to A.
The 382 jobs based in Ogden Township
382 jobs are based in Ogden Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ogden Township, 2013 → 2023: 348 → 382. 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 Ogden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Ogden Township on a workday
On a workday 605 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 353 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Ogden Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Ogden Township: the destinations
Where Ogden Township clocks in
26% of workers
21% of workers
5% 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 trip to work from Ogden Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ogden Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 699 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% 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 Ogden Township
About 21% 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.
Driving is how Ogden Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ogden Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Ogden Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 772 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Ogden Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ogden Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Ogden Township is 765th of 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 763 | St. Martins MO | 1,242 | $89K | 5.0% | 2.1% | 1% | A− |
| 764 | Texas Township IL | 1,233 | $87K | 2.9% | 0.7% | 4% | A− |
| 765 | Ogden Township IL | 1,506 | $97K | 5.5% | 4.2% | 5% | A− |
| 766 | Palmyra Township IN | 1,473 | $99K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 767 | Hollenback Township PA | 1,184 | $89K | 4.1% | 13.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ogden Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Ogden Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to St. Joseph Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ogden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden Township | – | A− | C+ | 24 min | $97,083 |
| Compromise Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 26 min | $96,328 |
| St. Joseph Township | 2% | B+ | C | 24 min | $116,250 |
| Stanton Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Oakwood Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 24 min | $57,188 |
| South Homer Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 25 min | $84,063 |
| Pilot Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stanton Township and Pilot Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ogden Township’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 Ogden Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ogden Township?
$97,083 (±$15,921) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ogden Township?
5.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ogden Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ogden Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Champaign (26%, 16 mi), Urbana (21%, 12 mi), St. Joseph (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ogden Township walkable?
Ogden Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ogden Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ogden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ogden Township
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.