South Ogden is a somewhat small city located in the state of Utah. With a population of 14,418 people and two constituent neighborhoods, South Ogden is the 36th largest community in Utah.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, South Ogden is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, South Ogden is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in South Ogden who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.05%), sales jobs (13.66%), and management occupations (8.36%).

Also of interest is that South Ogden has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, South Ogden is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Residents of South Ogden by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 96.6% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While South Ogden may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Being a small city, South Ogden does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

South Ogden Information and Demographics

The education level of South Ogden citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 28.06% of adults in South Ogden have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in South Ogden in 2000 was $20,662, which is wealthy relative to Utah, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $82,648 for a family of four.

The people who call South Ogden home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in South Ogden is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in South Ogden include English, German, Danish, Scottish, Irish, Italian, Swedish, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in South Ogden is English. Some people also speak Spanish.