Logan County vs Preston County

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

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

Preston County has the higher population (34,204 vs 31,826 in Logan County). Preston County has the higher median household income ($61,373 vs $47,237 in Logan County). Preston County has the higher median home value ($157,700 vs $101,500 in Logan County).

Population, income & housing

	Logan County	Preston County
Population	31,826	34,204
Median age	44.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,237	$61,373
Median home value	$101,500	$157,700
Median gross rent	$704	$753
Housing units	14,806	15,215
Homeownership rate	76.7%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Logan County	Preston County
Population	33,154 → 31,826 (-4.0%)	33,683 → 34,204 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$36,168 → $47,237 (+30.6%)	$51,888 → $61,373 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $101,500 (+13.9%)	$115,300 → $157,700 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $704 (+6.3%)	$666 → $753 (+13.1%)

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

Preston County

Population

33,68334,204

Median household income

$51,888$61,373

Median home value

$115,300$157,700

Median gross rent

$666$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Logan County	Preston County
Under 5	5.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.4%
75 and over	8.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Logan County	Preston County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	89.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Logan County	Preston County
No high school diploma	17.4%	14.2%
High school graduate	43.6%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Logan County	Preston County
Drove alone	84.6%	75.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	14.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	2.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Logan County	Preston County
1-unit, detached	71.2%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	3.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Logan County	Preston County
Poverty rate	21.4%	14.1%
Average household size	2.50	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1981	1982