City · Hocking County, Ohio

Logan, Ohio

Logan is a city in Hocking County, Ohio, part of the Columbus, OH metro area. It has 6,993 residents. Logan, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 23 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,102 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #613 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on drought exposure (low), reading scores (high) and job growth (high). It ranks worst on average weekly wage (low), dentists (low) and mental health care shortage (high).

23Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,102 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #613 of 684 in OH
Population: 6,993 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 1,459.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 3944632

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety39#9,520/15,637
Economy18#12,760/15,631
Housing76#3,616/14,977
Health8#14,399/15,609
Healthcare13#13,635/15,650
Environment19#12,561/15,453
Education60#6,227/15,649
Infrastructure46#8,421/15,650
Community24#11,838/15,651
Leisure & amenities37#9,856/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Logan, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Hocking County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Drought exposure · low2%
91/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAHocking County value
Reading scores · high3.33
90/100Ohio 3.06United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHocking County value
Job growth · high1.8%
87/100Ohio -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataHocking County value
Public libraries · high1.5 /10k
86/100Ohio 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesHocking County value
Math scores · high3.26
80/100Ohio 2.98United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHocking County value
Hot days · low8 days
75/100Ohio 11 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationHocking County value

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$770
0/100Ohio $1,313United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHocking County value
Dentists · low15 /100k
2/100Ohio 66 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHocking County value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Ohio 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHocking County value
Frequent mental distress · high22.3%
4/100Ohio 19.5%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · high22.7%
5/100Ohio 17.6%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Depression · high30.0%
5/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateWorsening
16.6% (2015-2019) → 38.3% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.9% (2015-2019) → 91.1% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
36.0% (2015-2019) → 50.3% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedImproving
1.7 /1k (2021) → 2.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+67%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Poverty rateWorsening
16.3% (2015-2019) → 27.3% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$38,207 (2015-2019) → $57,882 (2020-2024)
+51%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Logan, Ohio improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Broadband+19 points71.9% → 91.1%
Household income+51%$38,207 → $57,882

Declined3

Child poverty+22 points16.6% → 38.3%
Poverty+11 points16.3% → 27.3%
Uninsured+5.5 points6.1% → 11.6%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Logan, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.4 min2015-2019	23.8 min2020-2024	−2.5 min	Within the margin of error	76%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%2015-2019	14.3%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Broadband subscriptions	71.9%2015-2019	91.1%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	89%
Child poverty rate	16.6%2015-2019	38.3%2020-2024	+22 points	Declined	4%
Effective property tax rate	1.01%2015-2019	1.03%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	13%
High school diploma or higher	91.0%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	82%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4322015-2019	0.4322020-2024	0.000	Within the margin of error	51%
Median household income	$38,2072015-2019	$57,8822020-2024	+51%	Improved	86%
Poverty rate	16.3%2015-2019	27.3%2020-2024	+11 points	Declined	3%
Rent as share of income	26.6%2015-2019	30.1%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Rent-burdened households	36.0%2015-2019	50.3%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Unemployment rate	7.0%2015-2019	3.6%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.1%2015-2019	11.6%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Declined	9%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Logan, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Logan, Ohio in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Logan, Ohio itself moved −0.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

6,993 residents (±249)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,643 households (±213)

Logan, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k24%622
$25k–50k19%499
$50k–75k13%†346

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,643 households (±213)

Logan, Ohio
Ohio share

Own66%1,741
Rent34%902

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+12.8 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,064 workers (±351)

Logan, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone81%2,474
Carpool11%†352
Public transit0.1%†3

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Columbus, OH

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Hocking County, the county holding most of Logan's residents.

Hocking County has 501 employer establishments, 182 for every 10,000 residents (0.73× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Ohio's), with 5,704 paid employees at an average annual pay of $34,324. The Census Bureau also counts 2,024 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 501; 2,024 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 182; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 5,704
Average annual pay: $34,324; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Hocking County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	45	16.3	0.89×About typical	1,064	$17,476	6
Specialty trade contractors	45	16.3	1.05×About typical	177	$49,757	245
Ambulatory health care services	30	10.9	0.52×Fewer than typical	230	$55,261	64
Lessors of real estate	26	9.4	0.77×Fewer than typical	95	$28,316	192
Traveler accommodation	22	8	4.42×More than typical	431	$24,626	48
Limited-service restaurants	21	7.6	0.95×About typical	476	$17,794	4
Full-service restaurants	19	6.9	0.90×About typical	542	$17,574	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	18	6.5	0.97×About typical	140	$29,057	249
Religious organizations	17	6.2	1.11×About typical	74	$18,811	—
Building finishing contractors	14	5.1	1.34×More than typical	45	$36,600	76
Construction of buildings	14	5.1	0.67×Fewer than typical	43	$45,465	114
Gasoline stations	14	5.1	1.57×More than typical	159	$18,679	—

Rank places for an industry Open Hocking County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 27,560 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Logan, Ohio: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

D.J. GROUP INC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.5KFY2017
36.9FY2019
656.9FY2022
4.9KFY2025
0FY2026

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Logan, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

Logan, Ohio's figures are part of those of Hocking County, OH ($774.7K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Logan is mostly in Hocking County.

See federal money in Hocking County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Logan, Ohio is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

David J. TaylorR-OH-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Hocking County24100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Columbus, OH70

Other cities and towns in Hocking County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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