Ogema vs White Earth

A side-by-side comparison of Ogema and White Earth: population, income, housing, and more.

Ogema and White Earth are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

White Earth has the higher population (543 vs 233 in Ogema). Ogema has the higher median household income ($51,875 vs $18,929 in White Earth). Ogema has the higher median home value ($82,500 vs $73,300 in White Earth).

Population, income & housing

	Ogema	White Earth
Population	233	543
Median age	28.2 yrs	26.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$18,929
Median home value	$82,500	$73,300
Median gross rent	—	$291
Housing units	80	231
Homeownership rate	61.0%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	0.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	20.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ogema	White Earth
Population	214 → 233 (+8.9%)	567 → 543 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $51,875 (+18.6%)	$20,250 → $18,929 (-6.5%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $82,500 (+15.1%)	$62,500 → $73,300 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$433 → $525 (+21.2%)	$289 → $291 (+0.7%)

Ogema

Population

214233

Median household income

$43,750$51,875

Median home value

$71,700$82,500

Median gross rent

$433$525

White Earth

Population

567543

Median household income

$20,250$18,929

Median home value

$62,500$73,300

Median gross rent

$289$291

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ogema	White Earth
Under 5	7.3%	12.9%
5 to 17	27.0%	25.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	11.2%
25 to 34	17.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	4.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.7%
75 and over	0.4%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ogema	White Earth
White (non-Hispanic)	37.3%	2.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	35.2%	75.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.2%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ogema	White Earth
No high school diploma	16.3%	20.4%
High school graduate	29.6%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ogema	White Earth
Drove alone	59.6%	63.1%
Carpooled	21.2%	20.8%
Public transit	1.9%	4.6%
Walked	5.8%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ogema	White Earth
1-unit, detached	58.8%	37.2%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	21.2%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Ogema	White Earth
Poverty rate	34.3%	63.5%
Average household size	3.03	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1990	1980