Logan vs Mount Gay-Shamrock

A side-by-side comparison of Logan and Mount Gay-Shamrock: population, income, housing, and more.

Logan and Mount Gay-Shamrock are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Logan has the higher population (1,736 vs 1,440 in Mount Gay-Shamrock). Mount Gay-Shamrock has the higher median household income ($49,063 vs $31,100 in Logan). Logan has the higher median home value ($86,300 vs $81,400 in Mount Gay-Shamrock).

Population, income & housing

	Logan	Mount Gay-Shamrock
Population	1,736	1,440
Median age	33.6 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$31,100	$49,063
Median home value	$86,300	$81,400
Median gross rent	$891	$598
Housing units	843	823
Homeownership rate	48.4%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	21.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Logan	Mount Gay-Shamrock
Population	1,852 → 1,736 (-6.3%)	1,413 → 1,440 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$34,574 → $31,100 (-10.0%)	$27,181 → $49,063 (+80.5%)
Median home value	$89,600 → $86,300 (-3.7%)	$71,100 → $81,400 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $891 (+36.7%)	$638 → $598 (-6.3%)

Logan

Population

1,8521,736

Median household income

$34,574$31,100

Median home value

$89,600$86,300

Median gross rent

$652$891

Mount Gay-Shamrock

Population

1,4131,440

Median household income

$27,181$49,063

Median home value

$71,100$81,400

Median gross rent

$638$598

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Logan	Mount Gay-Shamrock
Under 5	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.3%	6.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	2.3%
25 to 34	29.9%	2.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	29.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	20.4%
75 and over	5.5%	16.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Logan	Mount Gay-Shamrock
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	99.1%
Black or African American	8.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Logan	Mount Gay-Shamrock
No high school diploma	23.4%	37.2%
High school graduate	40.1%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	8.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Logan	Mount Gay-Shamrock
Drove alone	76.1%	61.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.9%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	27.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Logan	Mount Gay-Shamrock
1-unit, detached	57.3%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	17.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Logan	Mount Gay-Shamrock
Poverty rate	38.5%	21.3%
Average household size	2.68	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	18	13
Median year structure built	1949	1967