Logan County vs Steele County

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

Logan County and Steele 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 1,731 in Steele County). Steele County has the higher median household income ($80,313 vs $61,339 in Logan County). Steele County has the higher median home value ($120,400 vs $101,800 in Logan County).

Population, income & housing

	Logan County	Steele County
Population	1,848	1,731
Median age	49.9 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,339	$80,313
Median home value	$101,800	$120,400
Median gross rent	$847	$630
Housing units	1,068	1,120
Homeownership rate	82.7%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Logan County	Steele County
Population	1,872 → 1,848 (-1.3%)	1,744 → 1,731 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $61,339 (+3.3%)	$70,724 → $80,313 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $101,800 (+17.3%)	$85,300 → $120,400 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $847 (+14.8%)	$555 → $630 (+13.5%)

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

Steele County

Population

1,7441,731

Median household income

$70,724$80,313

Median home value

$85,300$120,400

Median gross rent

$555$630

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Logan County	Steele County
Under 5	6.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	7.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.1%
55 to 64	16.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	13.1%
75 and over	16.2%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Logan County	Steele County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Logan County	Steele County
No high school diploma	10.1%	5.5%
High school graduate	30.4%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Logan County	Steele County
Drove alone	66.2%	71.6%
Carpooled	12.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	11.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Logan County	Steele County
1-unit, detached	90.2%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Logan County	Steele County
Poverty rate	11.5%	13.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1965	1968