Work & commute · Ogden

Work & commute in Ogden, IL

Most working residents leave Ogden for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (27%), Urbana (21%) and St. Joseph (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 331 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 324 Ogden residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 262 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ogden.

324live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

262work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ogden goes to work

Champaign16.8 mi away

27%89

Urbana12.7 mi away

21%71

St. Joseph4.2 mi away

6%19

Chicago119.8 mi away

5%17

Springfield92.2 mi away

2%8

Ogden (in town)right here

2%7

Royal5.5 mi away

2%5

Savoy16.2 mi away

2%5

Champaign18.8 mi away

2%5

Stanton7.9 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%100

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

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ogden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ogden are

269 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

269 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Ogden residents hold

331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+37%

Jobs based in Ogden, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 269. 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.