Work & commute · Ogden

Work & commute in Ogden, UT

About one in 3 of Ogden’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (9%), Layton (5%) and Clearfield (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

13,852 of 39,018 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 25,166 Ogden residents head out of town to work, 13,852 work right here, and 46,727 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ogden.

25,166live here, work elsewhere

13,852live and work here

46,727work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ogden goes to work

Ogden (in town)right here

36%13,852

Salt Lake City31.4 mi away

9%3,483

Layton10.4 mi away

5%1,882

Clearfield9.4 mi away

4%1,575

Riverdale4.2 mi away

2%942

South Ogden3.9 mi away

2%932

Roy5.7 mi away

2%869

Pleasant View6.9 mi away

2%827

West Valley City37.4 mi away

2%754

Farr West6 mi away

2%624

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%13,278

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.

59%

12%

23%

59%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ogden is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ogden are

60,579 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

60,579 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Ogden residents hold

39,018 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+21%

Jobs based in Ogden, 2013 → 2023: 50,169 → 60,579. 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.