Ogden vs South Ogden

A side-by-side comparison of Ogden and South Ogden: population, income, housing, and more.

Ogden and South Ogden are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ogden has the higher population (86,973 vs 17,563 in South Ogden). South Ogden has the higher median household income ($81,543 vs $70,053 in Ogden). South Ogden has the higher median home value ($371,100 vs $311,300 in Ogden).

Population, income & housing

	Ogden	South Ogden
Population	86,973	17,563
Median age	33.3 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,053	$81,543
Median home value	$311,300	$371,100
Median gross rent	$1,128	$1,334
Housing units	35,523	6,946
Homeownership rate	60.9%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ogden	South Ogden
Population	86,833 → 86,973 (+0.2%)	17,063 → 17,563 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$50,061 → $70,053 (+39.9%)	$68,585 → $81,543 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $311,300 (+83.0%)	$213,800 → $371,100 (+73.6%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $1,128 (+37.9%)	$963 → $1,334 (+38.5%)

Ogden

Population

86,83386,973

Median household income

$50,061$70,053

Median home value

$170,100$311,300

Median gross rent

$818$1,128

South Ogden

Population

17,06317,563

Median household income

$68,585$81,543

Median home value

$213,800$371,100

Median gross rent

$963$1,334

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ogden	South Ogden
Under 5	6.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	11.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	18.4%	20.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	8.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.0%
75 and over	4.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ogden	South Ogden
White (non-Hispanic)	61.6%	79.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.9%
Asian	1.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ogden	South Ogden
No high school diploma	13.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	28.9%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ogden	South Ogden
Drove alone	72.8%	73.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	10.1%
Public transit	2.2%	1.6%
Walked	1.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.3%	13.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ogden	South Ogden
1-unit, detached	61.2%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	7.5%
20 or more units	11.1%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ogden	South Ogden
Poverty rate	12.7%	7.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1965	1979