Logan vs Persia

A side-by-side comparison of Logan and Persia: population, income, housing, and more.

Logan and Persia are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Logan has the higher population (1,362 vs 327 in Persia). Logan has the higher median household income ($79,167 vs $75,000 in Persia). Logan has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $111,300 in Persia).

Population, income & housing

	Logan	Persia
Population	1,362	327
Median age	43.1 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,167	$75,000
Median home value	$144,400	$111,300
Median gross rent	$883	$925
Housing units	607	128
Homeownership rate	83.7%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Logan	Persia
Population	1,568 → 1,362 (-13.1%)	313 → 327 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$66,944 → $79,167 (+18.3%)	$59,375 → $75,000 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$118,300 → $144,400 (+22.1%)	$77,500 → $111,300 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$751 → $883 (+17.6%)	$836 → $925 (+10.6%)

Logan

Population

1,5681,362

Median household income

$66,944$79,167

Median home value

$118,300$144,400

Median gross rent

$751$883

Persia

Population

313327

Median household income

$59,375$75,000

Median home value

$77,500$111,300

Median gross rent

$836$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Logan	Persia
Under 5	8.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	25.4%
18 to 24	1.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	6.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	14.4%	15.9%
55 to 64	18.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	6.1%
75 and over	5.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Logan	Persia
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Logan	Persia
No high school diploma	4.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	35.7%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Logan	Persia
Drove alone	87.6%	87.7%
Carpooled	2.5%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	6.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	7.1%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Logan	Persia
1-unit, detached	91.8%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Logan	Persia
Poverty rate	6.6%	17.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938