U.S. Customshouse · Photo: General Services Administration · Public domainUnemployment in Ogdensburg (8.4%) is higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
5% of workers work from home (New York 15%). For jobs and income Ogdensburg is better than 12% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (A). About two in five work in Ogdensburg; the top destination outside it is Canton (7%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Ogdensburg, in brief
Commutes from Ogdensburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 123 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Ogdensburg’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds Ogdensburg’s grade up ($61,824, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ogdensburg could be anywhere from D to C.
Ogdensburg’s commute takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ogdensburg workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,578 commuters (the 5% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Ogdensburg
About 31% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who works in Ogdensburg, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,848 residents head out to work, 1,176 work right here, and 2,452 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Ogdensburg commutes to
Where Ogdensburg clocks in
7% 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 kinds of work in Ogdensburg
3,628 jobs are based in Ogdensburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ogdensburg, 2014 → 2024: 4,148 → 3,628. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ogdensburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: Ogdensburg
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,759 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). 16.8% of Ogdensburg households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Ogdensburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ogdensburg next to U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,646 | Tamaqua PA | 6,929 | $46K | 26.7% | 6.4% | 9% | D |
| 2,647 | Milan TN | 8,367 | $44K | 21.3% | 6.4% | 24% | D |
| 2,648 | Ogdensburg NY | 9,123 | $62K | 16.1% | 8.4% | 39% | D |
| 2,649 | Potsdam NY | 8,019 | $35K | 29.0% | 4.8% | 31% | D |
| 2,650 | Ontario OR | 11,957 | $46K | 21.0% | 5.5% | 49% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,855 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Ogdensburg, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
How Ogdensburg compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ogdensburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ogdensburg | – | D | A | 17 min | $61,824 |
| Lisbon | under 2% | B− | D | 19 min | $73,963 |
| Oswegatchie | 5% | B− | B− | 20 min | $85,263 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Oswegatchie. Darker towns draw more of Ogdensburg’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 2024, 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 Ogdensburg: questions
What is the median household income in Ogdensburg?
$61,824 (±$8,463) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ogdensburg?
16.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ogdensburg?
17 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ogdensburg work?
39% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (7%, 16 mi), Oswegatchie (5%, 6 mi), Potsdam (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Ogdensburg walkable?
Ogdensburg is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ogdensburg without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ogdensburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ogdensburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.