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Ogdensburg, NJ

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Overview


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.

Occupations and Workforce

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%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.23 minutes every day commuting to work.

Ogdensburg is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

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 2018 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.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Ogdensburg, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Modes of Transportation

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.

People

If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 13.2% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of New Jersey. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.

Diversity

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.

The Neighbors

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.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

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.

Languages

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.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

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.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. 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.


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