Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety98#19/924
Economy82#168/925
Housing42#535/925
Health98#20/925
Healthcare55#419/923
Environment73#248/917
Education94#54/925
Infrastructure97#25/925
Community58#386/925
Leisure & amenities26#687/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Logan, UT-ID metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Adult smoking · low9.5%
99/100Utah 10.4%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Injury deaths · low54 /100k
98/100Utah 70 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Premature death · low5,255 /100k
97/100Utah 6,291 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Physical inactivity · low17.4%
97/100Utah 19.2%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Broadband subscriptions · high93.3%
94/100Utah 93.4%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
New homes permitted · high9.2 /1k
94/100Utah 7.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data

Weaknesses

Social associations · low2.3 /10k
1/100Utah 3.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Restaurants and bars · low3.6 /10k
1/100Utah 5.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · low0.6 /10k
4/100Utah 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Drought exposure · high94%
6/100Utah 98%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · high5.4×
10/100Utah 5.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Primary care physicians · low38 /100k
14/100Utah 56 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

PopulationRising
147,920 (2020) → 160,889 (2025)
+8.8%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Voter turnoutImproving
57.2% (2016) → 75.5% (2020)
+18 pts4 yearsUS 62.0% → 68.5%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
31.2% (Dec 2021) → 40.4% (Aug 2026)
+9.2 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Homicide rateWorsening
1.4 /100k (2021) → 1.9 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+40%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Hot daysWorsening
4 days (2011-2020) → 5 days (2016-2025)
+40%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
Mental health providersImproving
174 /100k (2021) → 242 /100k (2025)
+39%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k

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, UT-ID metro area improved on 17 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 7 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved17

Pharmacies+31%0.5 /10k → 0.6 /10k
Weekly wage+31%$804 → $1,055
Household income+38%$58,809 → $81,126
Suicides−27%17.2 /100k → 12.6 /100k
Poverty−3.3 points14.9% → 11.5%

Declined4

Price / income+1.4×4.0× → 5.4×
Libraries−11%0.6 /10k → 0.6 /10k
Homicides+23%1.5 /100k → 1.9 /100k
Firearm deaths+18%9.5 /100k → 11.2 /100k

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Logan, UT-ID metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.3 /10k2020	4.6 /10k2025	+8%	Improved	48%
Average commute time	18.0 min2015-2019	18.3 min2020-2024	+0.3 min	Within the margin of error	53%
Average weekly wage	$8042020	$1,0552025	+31%	Improved	95%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%2015-2019	40.2%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Improved	81%
Broadband subscriptions	87.7%2015-2019	93.3%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Improved	12%
Child poverty rate	15.4%2015-2019	10.5%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Improved	75%
Distance to an airport	69 mi2020	69 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	12%
Drug overdose deaths	9.3 /100k2020	8.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−12%	Improved	37%
Effective property tax rate	0.59%2015-2019	0.45%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	52%
Firearm deaths	9.5 /100k2020	11.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+18%	Declined	26%
Grocery stores	1.1 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+3.4%	Little change	64%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+29%	Improved	78%
High school diploma or higher	92.8%2015-2019	94.6%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Home price to income ratio	4.0×2015-2019	5.4×2020-2024	+1.4×	Declined	3%
Homicide rate	1.5 /100k2020	1.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+23%	Declined	10%
Income adjusted for local prices	$44,0722019	$55,5392024	+26%	Improved	12%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4242015-2019	0.4262020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	47%
Median household income	$58,8092015-2019	$81,1262020-2024	+38%	Improved	92%
New business applications	11.5 /1k2020	15.8 /1k2025	+38%	Improved	37%
Pharmacies	0.5 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	+31%	Improved	97%
Poverty rate	14.9%2015-2019	11.5%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Improved	89%
Property crime rate	818 /100k2020	534 /100k2025	−35%	Improved	53%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−11%	Declined	10%
Public transit commuters	2.1%2015-2019	2.1%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Rent as share of income	29.0%2015-2019	27.9%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Rent-burdened households	47.6%2015-2019	44.9%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Restaurants and bars	3.4 /10k2020	3.6 /10k2025	+6.6%	Improved	70%
Suicide rate	17.2 /100k2020	12.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−27%	Improved	90%
Traffic deaths	9.3 /100k2015-2019	7.6 /100k2020-2024	−18%	Improved	87%
Unemployment rate	3.1%2020	3.1%2025	0 points	Little change	0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.7%2015-2019	7.8%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Violent crime rate	120 /100k2020	108 /100k2025	−9.8%	Improved	40%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Logan, UT-ID metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Logan, UT-ID metro area 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, UT-ID metro area itself moved +4 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

155,102 residents

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

49,371 households (±455)

Logan, UT-ID metro area
United States share

Under $25k9.4%4,639
$25k–50k19%9,279
$50k–75k18%8,900

Homes

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

Owners and renters

49,371 households (±455)

Logan, UT-ID metro area
United States share

Own65%32,142
Rent35%17,229

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

77,117 workers (±874)

Logan, UT-ID metro area
United States share

Drive alone68%52,746
Carpool9.2%7,104
Public transit2.1%†1,588

Jobs and pay

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

The 10 largest occupations in Logan, UT-ID employ 14,380 people. 2 pay a median above the US median and 8 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Logan, UT-ID by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Fast Food and Counter Workers2,020 jobs	2,020	$28,010US $31,200	−10%	1.22×
Retail Salespersons1,950 jobs	1,950

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.

Logan, UT-ID has 4,512 employer establishments, 285 for every 10,000 residents (1.15× the US rate of 248), with 59,167 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,202. The Census Bureau also counts 13,239 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,512; 13,239 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 285; US 248
Paid employees: 59,167
Average annual pay: $50,202; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	490	30.9	2.00×More than typical	2,714	$58,184	708
Ambulatory health care services	450	28.4	1.36×More than typical	3,244	$53,194	418
Lessors of real estate	286	18	1.46×More than typical	683	$49,237	1,912
Construction of buildings	218	13.7	1.82×More than typical	1,001	$51,107	353
Restaurants and other eating places	199	12.6	0.68×Fewer than typical	4,303	$18,015	40
Services to buildings and dwellings	167	10.5	1.56×More than typical	761	$40,152	592
Management, scientific and technical consulting	164	10.3	1.54×More than typical	773	$43,492	573
Offices of other health practitioners	153	9.6	1.59×More than typical	580	$30,872	243
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	151	9.5	3.02×More than typical	686	$48,350	120
Building equipment contractors	133	8.4	1.39×More than typical	1,113	$74,322	102
Real estate agents and brokers	129	8.1	1.67×More than typical	142	$33,796	273
Offices of physicians	124	7.8	1.21×About typical	855	$95,841	64

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 158,554 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $187.6M on contracts performed in Logan, UT-ID metro area: $1,166 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $187.6M; −45% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,166; US $1,994
Sole-source: 80%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.8%; 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 the Air Force$108.2M58%
Missile Defense Agency$25.9M14%
Agricultural Marketing Service$16M8.5%
Department of the Navy$14.2M7.6%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$4.4M2.4%
Bureau of Reclamation$3.2M1.7%
Defense Logistics Agency$2.2M1.2%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$2.2M1.2%

Top recipients

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY SPACE DYNAMICS LABORATORY$151.1M81%
GOSSNER FOODS, INC$17.8M9.5%
CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC INC$3M1.6%
AMES FEDERAL CONTRACTING GROUP LLC$3M1.6%
MOOWEEP LLC$2M1.1%

Spending by fiscal year

80.8MFY2017
144.1MFY2018
186.9MFY2019
169.9MFY2020
185.3MFY2021
196.3MFY2022
227.8MFY2023
253.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$97.5M52%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$44.7M24%
Dairy product manufacturing · 3115$17.8M9.5%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$12.4M6.6%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$4.9M2.6%

Largest awards

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $656.9M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Logan, UT-ID metro area: $4,083 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $656.9M; −2.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,083; US $12,955
Loan face value: $61.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$383.9M58%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$44.9M6.8%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$44.1M6.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$34.2M5.2%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$31.9M4.8%
10.912 · Environmental Quality Incentives Program$13M2.0%
93.600 · Head Start$9.1M1.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$8.1M1.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY$84.5M13%
LOGAN, UT
UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$13.5M2.1%
WEST VALLEY CITY, UT
BEAR RIVER HEAD START$9.1M1.4%
LOGAN, UT
BEAR RIVER ASSOCIATION OF$4.4M0.7%
LOGAN, UT
BRIDGERLAND TECHNICAL COLLEGE$4.1M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$458.1M70%
Department of Education$54.8M8.3%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$53.2M8.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Science Foundation$16.6M2.5%
Natural Resources Conservation Service$15.9M2.4%

Assistance by fiscal year

671.8MFY2021
545.2MFY2022
588.7MFY2023
606.5MFY2024
671.4MFY2025
656.9MFY2026

County aggregates

78%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Logan, UT-ID

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

States

The share of the area's residents living in each state.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

LoganPrincipal city54,907

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Utah

Areas based in Utah, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved17

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Logan, UT-ID metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Logan, UT-ID

States

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Utah

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved17

Declined4

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought