Logan County vs Towner County

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

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

Towner County has the higher population (2,113 vs 1,848 in Logan County). Towner County has the higher median household income ($63,017 vs $61,339 in Logan County). Towner County has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $101,800 in Logan County).

Population, income & housing

	Logan County	Towner County
Population	1,848	2,113
Median age	49.9 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,339	$63,017
Median home value	$101,800	$122,800
Median gross rent	$847	$719
Housing units	1,068	1,263
Homeownership rate	82.7%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Logan County	Towner County
Population	1,872 → 1,848 (-1.3%)	2,224 → 2,113 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $61,339 (+3.3%)	$52,300 → $63,017 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $101,800 (+17.3%)	$70,200 → $122,800 (+74.9%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $847 (+14.8%)	$550 → $719 (+30.7%)

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

Towner County

Population

2,2242,113

Median household income

$52,300$63,017

Median home value

$70,200$122,800

Median gross rent

$550$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Logan County	Towner County
Under 5	6.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	3.7%
25 to 34	12.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	7.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.5%	19.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.2%
75 and over	16.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Logan County	Towner County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	6.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Logan County	Towner County
No high school diploma	10.1%	10.5%
High school graduate	30.4%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Logan County	Towner County
Drove alone	66.2%	80.3%
Carpooled	12.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.4%	7.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Logan County	Towner County
1-unit, detached	90.2%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Logan County	Towner County
Poverty rate	11.5%	11.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1965	1968