Logan County vs Marshall County

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

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

Logan County has the higher population (31,826 vs 30,129 in Marshall County). Marshall County has the higher median household income ($60,329 vs $47,237 in Logan County). Marshall County has the higher median home value ($139,800 vs $101,500 in Logan County).

Population, income & housing

	Logan County	Marshall County
Population	31,826	30,129
Median age	44.1 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,237	$60,329
Median home value	$101,500	$139,800
Median gross rent	$704	$823
Housing units	14,806	14,736
Homeownership rate	76.7%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Logan County	Marshall County
Population	33,154 → 31,826 (-4.0%)	31,308 → 30,129 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$36,168 → $47,237 (+30.6%)	$48,557 → $60,329 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $101,500 (+13.9%)	$109,300 → $139,800 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $704 (+6.3%)	$630 → $823 (+30.6%)

Logan County

Population

33,15431,826

Median household income

$36,168$47,237

Median home value

$89,100$101,500

Median gross rent

$662$704

Marshall County

Population

31,30830,129

Median household income

$48,557$60,329

Median home value

$109,300$139,800

Median gross rent

$630$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Logan County	Marshall County
Under 5	5.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	13.9%	14.2%
75 and over	8.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Logan County	Marshall County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	93.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Logan County	Marshall County
No high school diploma	17.4%	7.3%
High school graduate	43.6%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Logan County	Marshall County
Drove alone	84.6%	82.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	10.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	2.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Logan County	Marshall County
1-unit, detached	71.2%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Logan County	Marshall County
Poverty rate	21.4%	15.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1981	1960