Ogdensburg is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 2,283 people and just one neighborhood, Ogdensburg is the 415th largest community in New Jersey.
Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Ogdensburg is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ogdensburg is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Ogdensburg who work in office and administrative support (16.76%), sales jobs (12.98%), and management occupations (10.19%).
Ogdensburg is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The borough’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Ogdensburg’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Ogdensburg is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ogdensburg, the average commute to work is 35.23 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small borough, Ogdensburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Ogdensburg is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.43% of adults 25 and older in the borough have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Ogdensburg in 2022 was $46,674, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $186,696 for a family of four.
Ogdensburg is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Ogdensburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ogdensburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Ogdensburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.04% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ogdensburg include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Ogdensburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Our research reveals that 89.3% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Italian and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 23.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Italian ancestry and 22.2% have Irish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Korean at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Ogdensburg are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 80.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 65.7% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 33.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 23.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.8%), and 19.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 84.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Korean and German/Yiddish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Ogdensburg, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (23.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (22.2%), and residents who report German roots (15.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.0%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (8.2%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (31.4% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (89.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.