Work & commute · South Ogden

Work & commute in South Ogden, UT

Most working residents leave South Ogden for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Ogden (25%), Salt Lake City (12%) and Layton (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

492 of 7,811 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,319 South Ogden residents head out of town to work, 492 work right here, and 6,315 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Ogden.

7,319live here, work elsewhere

492live and work here

6,315work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Ogden goes to work

Ogden3.9 mi away

25%1,954

Salt Lake City27.5 mi away

12%955

South Ogden (in town)right here

6%492

Layton6.6 mi away

6%477

Clearfield6.1 mi away

4%342

Roy4.7 mi away

3%263

Riverdale2.3 mi away

3%202

Washington Terrace1.1 mi away

2%181

West Valley City33.5 mi away

2%153

Farmington13.2 mi away

2%140

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%2,652

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

How far

How far South Ogden commutes

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

59%

25%

59%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Ogden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Ogden are

6,807 jobs are based in South Ogden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Ogden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Ogden

6,807 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs South Ogden residents hold

7,811 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+15%

Jobs based in South Ogden, 2013 → 2023: 5,935 → 6,807. 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.