Work & commute · Ogden

Work & commute in Ogden, IL

Most working residents leave Ogden for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (26%), Urbana (21%) and St. Joseph (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 634 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 605 Ogden residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 353 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ogden.

605live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

353work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ogden goes to work

Champaign16.2 mi away

26%165

Urbana12.2 mi away

21%135

St. Joseph4.1 mi away

5%32

Chicago117.6 mi away

3%21

Ogden2.5 mi away

3%17

Savoy16.2 mi away

2%14

Rantoul14.4 mi away

2%13

Springfield91.9 mi away

2%13

Royal3.1 mi away

2%11

St. Joseph5.6 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%202

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ogden commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

13%

63%

21%

13%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ogden is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ogden are

382 jobs are based in Ogden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ogden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ogden

382 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Ogden residents hold

634 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+10%

Jobs based in Ogden, 2013 → 2023: 348 → 382. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.