Fewer people are out of work in Ogden (1.4%) than in 91% of U.S. towns
Ogden grades A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns. Home is the office for 28% of workers; North Carolina has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Ogden, in brief
Much of Ogden works one town over
50% of working residents work in a town that borders Ogden: Wilmington (47%) and Porters Neck (3%). Next door ↓
Ogden has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Ogden went from 569 in 2013 to 1,034 in 2023, +82%. The jobs ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Ogden’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the North Carolina average of 25. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Ogden
28% of Ogden workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Time on the road ↓
Most Ogden residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Ogden
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ogden is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #17 of 290 in North Carolina. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ogden could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Inside Ogden’s 1,034 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ogden, 2013 → 2023: 569 → 1,034. 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.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Ogden
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ogden workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,177 commuters (the 28% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 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 far Ogden’s workers travel
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.
How a workday changes Ogden
On a workday 3,327 residents head out to work, 127 work right here, and 907 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,800 people are in Ogden on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.30 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.
47% of working residents work in Wilmington
Where Ogden clocks in
47% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
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 24% of U.S. towns, #219 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.9% across North Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,403 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). 0.8% of Ogden households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ogden’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Ogden is 362nd of 2,956 U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 191 | Oak Ridge NC | 7,896 | $155K | 3.6% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 360 | Hooper UT | 9,741 | $113K | 4.4% | 2.0% | 4% | A |
| 361 | Jackson Township PA | 6,585 | $120K | 4.8% | 2.9% | 9% | A |
| 362 | Ogden NC | 8,249 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 4% | A |
| 363 | Innsbrook VA | 8,578 | $129K | 5.0% | 3.6% | 11% | A |
| 364 | Gilberts IL | 9,082 | $146K | 5.5% | 3.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 403 | Stokesdale NC | 6,133 | $121K | 5.6% | 1.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 439 | Wesley Chapel NC | 9,566 | $132K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,956 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 North Carolina.
Ogden and its neighbors: 50% work next door
The biggest share goes to Wilmington (47%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ogden workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden | – | A | C− | 28 min | $121,338 |
| Wilmington | 47% | C+ | A | 19 min | $66,738 |
| Bayshore | under 2% | A | C | 20 min | $94,632 |
| Porters Neck | 3% | B | C− | 24 min | $119,979 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$121,338 (±$9,967) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ogden?
4.8%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ogden?
28 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ogden work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilmington (47%, 6 mi), Raleigh (3%, 118 mi), Murraysville (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ogden walkable?
Ogden is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ogden without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.