Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Ogema draws 146 commuters a day, with 2.2 jobs for every working resident
10% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Employers in Ogema report 148 jobs for 66 working residents. Only 3% work in Ogema; the top destination outside it is Detroit Lakes (24%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Ogema
On a workday 64 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 280 people are in Ogema on a workday afternoon, 41% more 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 the people who work in Ogema live
Where Ogema clocks in
24% of workers
12% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Ogema
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ogema, 2013 → 2023: 906 → 148. 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 Ogema’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes to work from Ogema
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ogema workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 94 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Ogema commutes less than 20 miles
About 24% 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.
Around Ogema: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ogema workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ogema | – | — | — | 28 min | $55,250 |
| White Earth Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Spring Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. White Earth Township and Spring Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ogema’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 Ogema: questions
What is the median household income in Ogema?
$55,250 (±$9,219) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ogema?
38.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ogema?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ogema work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Detroit Lakes (24%, 21 mi), Mahnomen (12%, 15 mi), Callaway (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ogema without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ogema, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ogema
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.