Adams-Ryan House · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Ogden has lower unemployment (2.2%) than 82% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 20 minutes each way, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. Jobs and income earn Ogden A; getting around on foot earns it B−. About one in ten work in Ogden itself; outside it, Rochester draws the most (26%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ogden at work: what stands out
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Ogden
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ogden is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #114 of 758 in New York. Unemployment is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%). 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 B+ to A.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ogden workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,852 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves Ogden for work, and who comes in
On a workday 8,894 residents head out to work, 872 work right here, and 5,324 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Ogden on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
Where Ogden goes to work
Where Ogden clocks in
26% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
What the 6,196 jobs in Ogden are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ogden, 2013 → 2023: 5,346 → 6,196. 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.
How far Ogden’s workers travel
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.
Few in Ogden walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ogden is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #542 of 758 in New York. 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 10,286 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 31% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 15% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 3.6% of Ogden households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Ogden’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000, Ogden ranks 485th of 1,860 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Garden City NY | 23,043 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Victor NY | 16,422 | $116K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 483 | Oceola Township MI | 14,888 | $119K | 1.8% | 5.2% | 2% | A |
| 484 | Milford NH | 16,686 | $98K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 17% | A |
| 485 | Ogden NY | 19,940 | $92K | 7.5% | 2.2% | 9% | A |
| 486 | North Fayette Township PA | 16,017 | $102K | 4.0% | 4.3% | 10% | A |
| 487 | Hatfield Township PA | 20,904 | $98K | 4.9% | 4.3% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,860 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 New York.
The towns around Ogden
The biggest share goes to Gates (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ogden workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden | – | A | B− | 20 min | $91,563 |
| Sweden | 2% | B | A+ | 21 min | $75,711 |
| Gates | 7% | B+ | B | 18 min | $77,080 |
| Parma | under 2% | B+ | B− | 22 min | $93,558 |
| Riga | under 2% | A | D | 24 min | $100,750 |
| Bergen | under 2% | B | B | 21 min | $75,327 |
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?
$91,563 (±$7,254) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ogden?
7.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ogden?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ogden work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (26%, 10 mi), Henrietta (8%, 12 mi), Greece (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ogden walkable?
Ogden is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ogden without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 15% 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.