Manhattan draws more than half of Ogden’s working residents
Hardly any work in Ogden; the top destination outside it is Manhattan (55%, 7 miles). The two grades for Ogden are B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 2% of workers have no commute at all, where Kansas as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Ogden in brief
More than half of Ogden works in Manhattan
303 working residents, 55%, have their main job in Manhattan, 7.4 miles away across the town line. That’s 55 times as many as work in Ogden itself. The commute map ↓
Most Ogden residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Ogden’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 22 minutes, longer than the Kansas average of 20. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 554 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Ogden gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Ogden is better than 52% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Ogden’s grade up (5.9%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($68,421, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.0%) is left out: Ogden’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ogden could be anywhere from C to A−.
Where people from Ogden work
Where Ogden clocks in
55% of workers
6% of workers
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.
Where in the region Ogden works
About 26% 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.
Commuting from Ogden: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ogden workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 896 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How a workday changes Ogden
On a workday 550 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Ogden on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.34 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.
Services make up most of the work in Ogden
187 jobs are based in Ogden.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ogden, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 187. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Ogden start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ogden is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Ogden 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 915 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.2% of Ogden households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Ogden’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200, Ogden ranks 1,895th of 5,381 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,893 | Glen Dale WV | 1,404 | $82K | 10.6% | 2.5% | 6% | B− |
| 1,894 | Milo Township MN | 1,579 | $84K | 8.2% | 0.2% | 2% | B− |
| 1,895 | Ogden KS | 1,655 | $68K | 5.9% | 6.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,896 | Penn Township MI | 1,768 | $84K | 9.3% | 8.2% | 5% | B− |
| 1,897 | Canosia Township MN | 2,187 | $88K | 4.9% | 8.1% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Bordering towns draw 56% of Ogden’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ogden workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden | – | B− | C− | 22 min | $68,421 |
| Ogden Township | 1% | B | C− | 20 min | $83,864 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | D | B+ | 9 min | $56,367 |
| Manhattan | 55% | B− | A | 17 min | $60,172 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Manhattan. Darker towns draw more of Ogden’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: questions
What is the median household income in Ogden?
$68,421 (±$15,158) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ogden?
5.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ogden?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ogden work?
1% work in town.
Is Ogden walkable?
Ogden is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ogden without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ogden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ogden
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.