Ogema, Minnesota.
Typical home $280,787 (+5.3% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$830 (+129%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $14,160 +5%
- $266,628$280,787 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $62,954 +29%
- $217,833$280,787 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Ogema$1,474
- Minnesota$1,831
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Ogema, MN rose 5.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Ogema, Becker County, Minnesota
Ogema is a city of 208 people in Becker County. Half its households earn more than $55,250 a year and half less, against $71,388 across Becker County. Unemployment in Becker County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Becker County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Ogema is a very small city in Becker County, Minnesota, with a population younger than in most places. Household incomes sit below the county's, while homes carry a typical value that many longtime owners in other parts of the country may find familiar. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are mild and warm in July. Precipitation, rain and melted snow together, falls at a moderate level through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and the building trades also employing many. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and some people work from home. Across Becker County, some of the biggest workplaces are Lakeshirts, St. Marys Regional Health Center and the Detroit Lakes Public School District. Unemployment in the county is a little higher than a year ago, though the county has gained jobs.
Things to do. Big Sugar Bush Lake is a lake a short drive away, and the closest of the nearby waters. A longer drive brings you to Pelican Lake and Detroit Lake, both lakes, and to Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area. Together they offer a mix of lake shores and quiet refuge land within reach of town.
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- 83households
- 10%of adults have a degree
- 10%work from home
What people in Becker County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Becker County had 15,368 jobs in 2025, 1.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 15° and lows near -2°; warmest in July, with highs near 78° and lows near 58°. About 26 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Mahnomen weather station, 15 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Becker County
- LakeshirtsPrinting, screen709
- St. Marys Regional Health CenterGeneral hospital435FTE
- Detroit Lakes Public School DistSchool district434FTE
- BTD ManufacturingMetal manufacturing414
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters374
- Minnesota Department of TransportationTransportation departments, nonoperating292
- SJE-RhombusControllers for process variables manufacturing235
- District WideK-12 education229
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 60 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 6,104 people in all across the county; Ogema has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherVery high
- HailRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Ogema’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Becker County.
Ogema home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Ogema$280,787
- Minnesota$348,778
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Ogema6
Zip codes with a Ogema address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Ogema — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.