Work & commute · Ogdensburg

Work & commute in Ogdensburg, NY

About one in 3 of Ogdensburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Canton (8%), Potsdam (5%) and Oswegatchie (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

1,194 of 3,181 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,987 Ogdensburg residents head out of town to work, 1,194 work right here, and 2,445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ogdensburg.

1,987live here, work elsewhere

1,194live and work here

2,445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ogdensburg goes to work

Ogdensburg (in town)right here

38%1,194

Canton15.6 mi away

8%266

Potsdam21.3 mi away

5%171

Oswegatchie6.2 mi away

5%170

Massena34.9 mi away

2%76

Lisbon7.6 mi away

2%57

Syracuse120.7 mi away

2%56

Albany164.2 mi away

2%56

New York290.5 mi away

2%54

Malone57.8 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,029

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

How far

How far Ogdensburg commutes

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

45%

16%

31%

45%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ogdensburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ogdensburg are

3,639 jobs are based in Ogdensburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ogdensburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ogdensburg

3,639 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Ogdensburg residents hold

3,181 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−17%

Jobs based in Ogdensburg, 2013 → 2023: 4,370 → 3,639. 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.