Logan County vs Oliver County

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

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

Logan County has the higher population (1,848 vs 1,821 in Oliver County). Oliver County has the higher median household income ($76,953 vs $61,339 in Logan County). Oliver County has the higher median home value ($217,000 vs $101,800 in Logan County).

Population, income & housing

	Logan County	Oliver County
Population	1,848	1,821
Median age	49.9 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,339	$76,953
Median home value	$101,800	$217,000
Median gross rent	$847	$725
Housing units	1,068	912
Homeownership rate	82.7%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Logan County	Oliver County
Population	1,872 → 1,848 (-1.3%)	1,842 → 1,821 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $61,339 (+3.3%)	$78,929 → $76,953 (-2.5%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $101,800 (+17.3%)	$190,600 → $217,000 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $847 (+14.8%)	$545 → $725 (+33.0%)

Logan County

Population

1,8721,848

Median household income

$59,375$61,339

Median home value

$86,800$101,800

Median gross rent

$738$847

Oliver County

Population

1,8421,821

Median household income

$78,929$76,953

Median home value

$190,600$217,000

Median gross rent

$545$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Logan County	Oliver County
Under 5	6.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	7.6%
35 to 44	7.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.1%
55 to 64	16.5%	16.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	15.9%
75 and over	16.2%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Logan County	Oliver County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Logan County	Oliver County
No high school diploma	10.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	30.4%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Logan County	Oliver County
Drove alone	66.2%	78.9%
Carpooled	12.8%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	11.5%
Other means	0.9%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Logan County	Oliver County
1-unit, detached	90.2%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Logan County	Oliver County
Poverty rate	11.5%	4.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1965	1975