With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Ogdensburg works elsewhere
Ogdensburg has 28 jobs for 90 working residents. Hardly any work in Ogdensburg itself; outside it, Manawa draws the most (18%, 5 miles). 4% of workers work from home, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Ogdensburg
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Ogdensburg on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
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
18% of workers
14% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Ogdensburg: what the 28 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ogdensburg, 2014 → 2024: 14 → 28. 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.
Getting to work from Ogdensburg takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ogdensburg workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 110 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
Miles to work from Ogdensburg
About 23% 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.
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?
$59,479 (±$11,194) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ogdensburg?
11.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ogdensburg?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ogdensburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manawa (18%, 5 mi), Waupaca (14%, 8 mi), New London (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Ogdensburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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.