Logan County vs Ohio County

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

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

Ohio County has the higher population (41,904 vs 31,826 in Logan County). Ohio County has the higher median household income ($57,867 vs $47,237 in Logan County). Ohio County has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $101,500 in Logan County).

Population, income & housing

	Logan County	Ohio County
Population	31,826	41,904
Median age	44.1 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,237	$57,867
Median home value	$101,500	$165,300
Median gross rent	$704	$823
Housing units	14,806	21,179
Homeownership rate	76.7%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Logan County	Ohio County
Population	33,154 → 31,826 (-4.0%)	42,143 → 41,904 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$36,168 → $47,237 (+30.6%)	$50,584 → $57,867 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $101,500 (+13.9%)	$123,900 → $165,300 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $704 (+6.3%)	$667 → $823 (+23.4%)

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

Ohio County

Population

42,14341,904

Median household income

$50,584$57,867

Median home value

$123,900$165,300

Median gross rent

$667$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Logan County	Ohio County
Under 5	5.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	13.9%	13.1%
75 and over	8.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Logan County	Ohio County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	90.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Logan County	Ohio County
No high school diploma	17.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	43.6%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Logan County	Ohio County
Drove alone	84.6%	79.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	6.8%
Public transit	0.4%	1.7%
Walked	2.5%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Logan County	Ohio County
1-unit, detached	71.2%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	5.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Logan County	Ohio County
Poverty rate	21.4%	15.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1981	1957