Work & commute · Ogden

Work & commute in Ogden, NC

Most working residents leave Ogden for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (47%), Raleigh (3%) and Murraysville (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

127 of 3,454 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,327 Ogden residents head out of town to work, 127 work right here, and 907 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ogden.

3,327live here, work elsewhere

127live and work here

907work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ogden goes to work

Wilmington6.5 mi away

47%1,617

Ogden (in town)right here

4%127

Raleigh118.5 mi away

3%117

Murraysville3.4 mi away

3%103

Porters Neck2.4 mi away

3%98

Charlotte184.4 mi away

3%96

Kings Grant3.8 mi away

2%78

Wrightsville Beach3.5 mi away

2%52

Northchase5.7 mi away

1%46

Leland14.6 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,077

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.

67%

24%

67%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ogden is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ogden are

1,034 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

1,034 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Ogden residents hold

3,454 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+82%

Jobs based in Ogden, 2013 → 2023: 569 → 1,034. 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.