Logan County vs Randolph County

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

Logan County and Randolph County are counties in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Randolph County has the higher population (30,142 vs 27,870 in Logan County). Randolph County has the higher median household income ($68,870 vs $64,188 in Logan County). Randolph County has the higher median home value ($134,100 vs $125,900 in Logan County).

Population, income & housing

	Logan County	Randolph County
Population	27,870	30,142
Median age	40.5 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,188	$68,870
Median home value	$125,900	$134,100
Median gross rent	$804	$760
Housing units	11,984	13,400
Homeownership rate	69.3%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Logan County	Randolph County
Population	29,003 → 27,870 (-3.9%)	32,295 → 30,142 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$57,308 → $64,188 (+12.0%)	$53,816 → $68,870 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$103,200 → $125,900 (+22.0%)	$110,200 → $134,100 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $804 (+16.7%)	$680 → $760 (+11.8%)

Logan County

Population

29,00327,870

Median household income

$57,308$64,188

Median home value

$103,200$125,900

Median gross rent

$689$804

Randolph County

Population

32,29530,142

Median household income

$53,816$68,870

Median home value

$110,200$134,100

Median gross rent

$680$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Logan County	Randolph County
Under 5	4.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.8%
75 and over	8.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Logan County	Randolph County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	85.8%
Black or African American	5.9%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Logan County	Randolph County
No high school diploma	8.5%	12.1%
High school graduate	40.4%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Logan County	Randolph County
Drove alone	78.9%	84.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.3%	4.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Logan County	Randolph County
1-unit, detached	80.5%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	1.4%
20 or more units	3.1%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Logan County	Randolph County
Poverty rate	13.7%	12.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1964	1972