Ogden, UT
Ogden, UT Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Ogden, UT Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Ogden ranks 20th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 30th for income. A household earns $98,456 a year while median rent runs $1,641/mo, making it comfortably affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 0% above the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is affordability (20th of 300), while home prices is the soft spot (262nd). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 245th and home prices 262nd among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Ogden, your take-home is worth about $57,737 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it less than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 30th of 300↑24.2%$98,456
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 229th of 300100 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $98,114
- Per-capita income
- $40,241
- Full-time pay
- $47,147
Housing
- Median rent
- 245th of 300↑54.4%$1,641/mo
- Home value
- 262nd of 300↑65.5%$507,500
- Property tax
- $2,737/yr · 0.5%
- Sales tax
- 7.32%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 29th of 3003%
- Bachelor's+
- 131st of 30035.2%
- Avg commute
- 129th of 30023.6 min
People
- Population
- 669,210
- Population change
- -2%
- Median age
- 33.6 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 7.1%
- Broadband
- 95%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 198th of 30050
- Natural-hazard loss
- 154th of 300$13/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 30th of 30015.4%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 9.7%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Affordability
- + Household income
- + Job market
- + Health
Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Home prices
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — ogden hinkley ap.
What jobs pay in Ogden
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $296,510
- IT managers
- $162,710
- Pharmacists
- $141,010
- Financial managers
- $135,300
- Lawyers
- $124,390
- Software developers
- $109,880
- Civil engineers
- $96,240
- General & operations managers
- $93,610
- Accountants & auditors
- $82,010
- Registered nurses
- $81,840
- Police officers
- $78,070
- Secondary school teachers
- $73,770
- Web developers
- $64,880
- Plumbers
- $64,860
- Elementary school teachers
- $63,910
- Electricians
- $62,030
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $59,940
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $51,930
- Carpenters
- $48,270
- Construction laborers
- $46,400
- Customer service reps
- $38,670
- Waiters & waitresses
- $34,570
- Retail salespersons
- $33,450
- Janitors
- $30,860
- Cashiers
- $30,780
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Ogden metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Utah are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- California2,104
- Arizona1,274
- Texas1,080
- Idaho851
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Ogden metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Ogden metro?
- Median gross rent across the Ogden, UT Metro Area is $1,641 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Ogden.
- What is the median household income in the Ogden metro?
- A typical household in the Ogden, UT Metro Area earns $98,456 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Ogden expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Ogden, UT Metro Area runs about 0% above the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are higher than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Ogden metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $98,114 (versus its face value of $98,456). CityLedger rates the Ogden, UT Metro Area comfortably affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Ogden metro?
- The median home value across the Ogden, UT Metro Area is $507,500 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Ogden metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Ogden, UT Metro Area is 3% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).