City · Logan County, West Virginia

Logan, West Virginia

Logan is a city in Logan County, West Virginia. It has 1,294 residents. Logan, West Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 4 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,053 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within West Virginia it ranks #148 of 150 cities and towns. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), property crime rate (low) and effective property tax rate (low). It ranks worst on depression (high), injury deaths (high) and frequent mental distress (high).

4Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,053 of 15,651 cities and towns
West Virginia: #148 of 150 in WV
Population: 1,294 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,127.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 5448148

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety43#8,907/15,637
Economy0#15,595/15,631
Housing53#7,079/14,977
Health0#15,587/15,609
Healthcare3#15,176/15,650
Environment35#10,047/15,453
Education16#13,089/15,649
Infrastructure5#14,874/15,650
Community2#15,315/15,651
Leisure & amenities26#11,525/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Logan, West Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Logan 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

Pharmacies · high4.6 /10k
100/100West Virginia 2.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLogan County value
Property crime rate · low244 /100k
98/100West Virginia 1,053 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationLogan County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.52%
86/100West Virginia 0.50%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Average commute time · low19.1 min
82/100West Virginia 26.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100West Virginia 0 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLogan County value
Public libraries · high1.0 /10k
75/100West Virginia 1.0 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesLogan County value

Weaknesses

Depression · high38.4%
0/100West Virginia 31.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Injury deaths · high233 /100k
0/100West Virginia 151 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLogan County value
Frequent mental distress · high28.3%
0/100West Virginia 23.4%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Preventable hospital stays · high9,399 /100k
0/100West Virginia 4,063 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLogan County value
Adult smoking · high30.9%
0/100West Virginia 21.4%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Unemployment rate · high24.1%
0/100West Virginia 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,852 (2015-2019) → 1,294 (2020-2024)
−30%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
22.0% (2015-2019) → 58.4% (2020-2024)
+36 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateWorsening
22.9% (2015-2019) → 44.5% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
85.0% (2015-2019) → 69.3% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Unemployment rateWorsening
10.1% (2015-2019) → 24.1% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
13.0 min (2015-2019) → 19.1 min (2020-2024)
+47%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, West Virginia improved on 0 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 10 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined2

Poverty+22 points22.9% → 44.5%
Child poverty+36 points22.0% → 58.4%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Logan, West Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	13.0 min2015-2019	19.1 min2020-2024	+6.1 min	Within the margin of error	7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%2015-2019	9.4%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Broadband subscriptions	76.1%2015-2019	80.7%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Child poverty rate	22.0%2015-2019	58.4%2020-2024	+36 points	Declined	1%
High school diploma or higher	85.0%2015-2019	69.3%2020-2024	−16 points	Within the margin of error	0%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	65%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5092015-2019	0.5852020-2024	+0.076	Within the margin of error	9%
Median household income	$34,5742015-2019	$29,8322020-2024	−14%	Within the margin of error	2%
Poverty rate	22.9%2015-2019	44.5%2020-2024	+22 points	Declined	0%
Rent-burdened households	49.4%2015-2019	47.6%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Unemployment rate	10.1%2015-2019	24.1%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.2%2015-2019	15.4%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Within the margin of error	7%

“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, West Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Logan, West Virginia 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, West Virginia itself moved −9.1 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,294 residents (±313)

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

555 households (±126)

Logan, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $25k36%†200
$25k–50k33%†183
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

555 households (±126)

Logan, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Own48%†267
Rent52%†288

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

451 workers (±172)

Logan, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Drive alone72%†325
Carpool7.5%†34
Public transit

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 Logan County, the county holding most of Logan's residents.

Logan County has 595 employer establishments, 192 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.95× West Virginia's), with 8,673 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,944. The Census Bureau also counts 1,241 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 595; 1,241 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 192; US 248 · West Virginia 202
Paid employees: 8,673
Average annual pay: $58,944; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	72	23.3	1.12×About typical	654	$74,662	57
Restaurants and other eating places	51	16.5	0.90×About typical	895	$18,399	8
Full-service restaurants	25	8.1	1.05×About typical	335	$17,636	3
Offices of physicians	23	7.4	1.15×About typical	211	$100,445	18
Limited-service restaurants	22	7.1	0.89×About typical	527	$18,939	—
Offices of other health practitioners	20	6.5	1.06×About typical	110	$50,555	20
Gasoline stations	19	6.1	1.89×More than typical	159	$24,623	—
Religious organizations	17	5.5	0.99×About typical	47	$21,447	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	16	5.2	1.03×About typical	58	$25,086	29
Truck transportation	15	4.8	0.96×About typical	83	$52,084	25
Banks and credit unions	13	4.2	1.30×More than typical	101	$44,069	—
General merchandise stores	13	4.2	2.38×More than typical	413	$29,748	9

Rank places for an industry Open Logan County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 30,942 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 $220 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Logan, West Virginia: $0.17 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $220; −86% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.17; US $1,994
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$220100%

Top recipients

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY$220100%

Spending by fiscal year

17.3KFY2017
1.3KFY2018
968.3FY2019
968.3FY2020
1.1KFY2021
1.2KFY2022
290.9FY2023
1.6KFY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Administration of human resource programs · 9231$220100%

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, West Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Logan, West Virginia's figures are part of those of Logan County, WV ($4,000 in FY2026), never added to them: 5.5% of that total.

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

See federal money in Logan 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, West Virginia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Carol D. MillerR-WV-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 5.3%

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.

Logan County16100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Logan 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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