What salary do you need to live in Ogden, UT?

What housing costs in Ogden

Renters in Ogden pay a median $1,403 a month for two bedrooms. Size matters: one bedroom is $1,131, three bedrooms $1,764, so going from the smallest to the largest of the three adds $7,596 a year.

Buying is the other half of the housing picture: owners put the median home in Ogden, UT at $471,500. That works out to 4.7× the local median household income of $101,203, a mid-range ratio.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis puts Ogden's Regional Price Parity at 100.3, essentially the US average of 100: a dollar of income here buys about what it would anywhere on average, rents and everyday goods included.

The salary lines for a two-bedroom in Ogden

With a two-bedroom at the median rent, the score enters Tight at $56,000, Okay at $113,000 and Comfortable at $226,000 a year before tax. At the Comfortable line, a year of rent takes 7% of income and the median home is 2.1× income.

The Royal grade is within reach at $620,000 a year, where both rent and the median home price look small next to income.

These lines come straight from the calculator's formula: the income is raised until the two-bedroom score crosses each cutoff, then rounded up to the next $1,000.

Four salaries, three home sizes in Ogden

On $75,000, a one-bedroom scores 37 and a three-bedroom 30, both Tight; the extra bedrooms cost points but not a grade.

In Ogden the table's top salary of $150,000 stops at Okay (53) for two bedrooms; Comfortable starts higher, at $226,000.

Where Ogden falls nationally

Out of 387 metros, Ogden has the 80th highest price parity and the 96th highest two-bedroom rent, which puts it in the most expensive quarter on overall prices and in the top quarter on rent.

For a sense of scale, the metros just above and below it on two-bedroom rent are Savannah, GA ($1,408) and Punta Gorda, FL ($1,396).

Ogden vs. the rest of Utah

Statewide, Utah's median two-bedroom rent is $1,423 and its median home value $489,400. Ogden's rent is −1% against that, and its home value −4%; the price parity is 100.3 versus 98.9 for the state.

On statewide medians, a two-bedroom budget reaches Comfortable at $224,000 — below Ogden's $226,000 line.

The nearest matches in Utah, judged on rent and price parity together, are St. George, UT, Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT, and Salt Lake City-Murray, UT.

The median Ogden household

The median household in the metro earns $101,203 (ACS 2020-2024). Run through the calculator with two bedrooms, that scores 42, Tight. The Comfortable line is 123% above what the median household makes. Statewide, the Utah median household ($95,166) grades Tight on the state's own medians. Household income can include more than one earner, so a single salary of the same size goes less far.

These are pre-tax estimates from public statistics, not financial advice.