Logan County vs Montgomery County

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

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

Montgomery County has the higher population (28,271 vs 27,731 in Logan County). Logan County has the higher median household income ($61,535 vs $57,468 in Montgomery County). Montgomery County has the higher median home value ($163,800 vs $151,500 in Logan County).

Population, income & housing

	Logan County	Montgomery County
Population	27,731	28,271
Median age	40.6 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,535	$57,468
Median home value	$151,500	$163,800
Median gross rent	$719	$796
Housing units	12,459	12,204
Homeownership rate	75.4%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Logan County	Montgomery County
Population	26,902 → 27,731 (+3.1%)	27,884 → 28,271 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$48,014 → $61,535 (+28.2%)	$45,516 → $57,468 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$111,000 → $151,500 (+36.5%)	$116,700 → $163,800 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $719 (+8.8%)	$710 → $796 (+12.1%)

Logan County

Population

26,90227,731

Median household income

$48,014$61,535

Median home value

$111,000$151,500

Median gross rent

$661$719

Montgomery County

Population

27,88428,271

Median household income

$45,516$57,468

Median home value

$116,700$163,800

Median gross rent

$710$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Logan County	Montgomery County
Under 5	6.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.7%
75 and over	7.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Logan County	Montgomery County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	92.1%
Black or African American	4.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Logan County	Montgomery County
No high school diploma	13.0%	15.0%
High school graduate	41.2%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Logan County	Montgomery County
Drove alone	86.0%	83.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	7.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Logan County	Montgomery County
1-unit, detached	78.0%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.4%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Logan County	Montgomery County
Poverty rate	14.0%	15.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1977	1985