Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5Household incomes in Logan trail those of 77% of U.S. towns
27.3% of residents are in poverty (Ohio 13.3%). Logan grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in four work in Logan; the top destination outside it is Lancaster (9%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Logan in brief
Why Logan gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Logan is better than 22% of U.S. towns, #871 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Logan’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Logan could be anywhere from D to C+.
Logan by day and by night
On a workday 1,856 residents head out to work, 790 work right here, and 3,708 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,000 people are in Logan on a workday afternoon, 26% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Logan’s workforce comes from
Where Logan clocks in
9% of workers
6% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Logan: what the 4,498 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Logan, 2013 → 2023: 4,507 → 4,498. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Logan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Logan: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Logan workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,888 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Logan
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Logan commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Logan is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #411 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,064 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.0% of Logan households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Logan’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Logan is 2,632nd among 3,205 U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 26 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,630 | Sheridan AR | 5,406 | $62K | 19.9% | 5.9% | 24% | C− |
| 2,631 | Waite Park MN | 8,450 | $59K | 21.2% | 7.5% | 12% | C− |
| 2,632 | Logan OH | 7,164 | $58K | 27.3% | 3.6% | 30% | C− |
| 2,633 | Southport NY | 8,740 | $63K | 14.8% | 6.6% | 6% | C− |
| 2,634 | Center Township OH | 5,663 | $46K | 23.0% | 4.2% | 15% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,205 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Logan, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Logan
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Logan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan | – | C− | B− | 24 min | $57,882 |
| West Logan | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. West Logan: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Logan’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Logan: questions
What is the median household income in Logan?
$57,882 (±$11,742) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Logan?
27.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Logan?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Logan work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (9%, 17 mi), Columbus (6%, 44 mi), Falls Township (4%, 0 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Logan walkable?
Logan is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Logan without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Logan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Logan
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.