Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Logansport gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $160K for a typical one, or 2.8 years of the Logansport area’s $56K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 456th of 585 in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 94% of the country, and the median household income is $47K, and 16% of residents live below the poverty line. On the plus side, it has 9 miles of trail. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 99% of U.S. towns, with 12 places on the National Register. Only 64 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score lower on hazard risk. Its National Register listings include Spencer Park Dentzel Carousel and Pollard-Nelson House. Logansport is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 69% of U.S. towns.
Where Logansport beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Spencer Park Dentzel Carousel is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 2,251 in 1850, 18,366 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1881 and a map from 1985 on.
12 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Logansport is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Logansport, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Logansport.
Logansport trades workers with Clinton Township and other neighbors and has seen reported crime fall by a third or more, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Indiana (mostly inland flooding).
8.6 miles of trail in 19 parks and preserves. At 0.8 miles per square mile, Logansport’s trail density is against 0.2 in Indiana’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Dykeman Park, at 141 acres.
| Logansport | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.8% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Flory Preserve | 1.9 mi | 36 |
| 2. Camp Wildwood | 1.6 mi | 42 |
| 3. Little Turtle Waterway Park | 1.3 mi | 42 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
49% of adults have obesity in Logansport, where Indiana’s towns sit at 39% and U.S. towns at 35%. 40% of adults have high blood pressure in Logansport. Logansport beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 18.
| Logansport | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 49% | 39% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 26% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 21% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Logansport | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 16.2% | 8.9% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 22.8% | 14.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.8% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median property tax bill is $762, against $1,614 across Indiana, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
62% of Logansport households own their home. The typical Logansport home is worth about $160,000, up 0.5% in a year, 38% below the Indiana typical home. The median rent in Logansport is $786 a month.
| Logansport | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 62% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $786 a month | $947 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of Indiana towns, with expected losses of about $430 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Logansport’s FEMA risk score is 68 of 100. Since 1989, 18 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Logansport.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Logansport has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Logansport has about as many jobs (8,447) as working residents, but only 2,144 people both live and work here.
About one in 4 of Logansport’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Clinton Township (19%), Deer Creek Township (5%) and Indianapolis (4%).
| Logansport | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 27% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $47,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Reported crimes fell from 320 to 189 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 14 reported in 2025, 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
None within 15 miles of Logansport; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Logansport residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
2.8% of the town is conserved land, across 19 parks and preserves.
12 places in Logansport on the National Register of Historic Places.
30 notable people were born in Logansport.
City in Indiana, United States
Logansport is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, Indiana, United States. The population was 18,366 at the 2020 census. Logansport is located in northern Indiana at the junction of the Wabash and Eel rivers, northwest of Kokomo.
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2 towns share a border with Logansport.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logansport | #456 | C+ | A | B | C+ | D |
| Eel Township | #500 | C | A | — | C | D |
| Noble Township | — | — | A | — | B− | D |
Noble Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Eel Township and Noble Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Logansport with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Logansport grades C+ overall, better than 37% of U.S. towns and #456 of 585 in Indiana. It grades D for health, B for safety and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
30 notable people were born here, including Greg Kinnear and Ann Christy.
