Decatur County vs Logan County

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

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

Decatur County has the higher population (2,746 vs 2,720 in Logan County). Logan County has the higher median household income ($71,389 vs $52,030 in Decatur County). Logan County has the higher median home value ($116,600 vs $78,500 in Decatur County).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur County	Logan County
Population	2,746	2,720
Median age	52.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,030	$71,389
Median home value	$78,500	$116,600
Median gross rent	$695	$796
Housing units	1,643	1,372
Homeownership rate	79.4%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur County	Logan County
Population	2,860 → 2,746 (-4.0%)	2,805 → 2,720 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $52,030 (+8.1%)	$51,740 → $71,389 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $78,500 (+15.6%)	$86,600 → $116,600 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $695 (+3.9%)	$681 → $796 (+16.9%)

Decatur County

Population

2,8602,746

Median household income

$48,125$52,030

Median home value

$67,900$78,500

Median gross rent

$669$695

Logan County

Population

2,8052,720

Median household income

$51,740$71,389

Median home value

$86,600$116,600

Median gross rent

$681$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur County	Logan County
Under 5	5.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	1.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	12.5%
75 and over	13.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur County	Logan County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	88.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur County	Logan County
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur County	Logan County
Drove alone	64.9%	78.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.7%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur County	Logan County
1-unit, detached	90.4%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Decatur County	Logan County
Poverty rate	13.0%	13.2%
Average household size	1.96	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1954	1961