Logan County vs Randolph County

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

Logan County and Randolph 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 27,782 in Randolph County). Randolph County has the higher median household income ($55,057 vs $47,237 in Logan County). Randolph County has the higher median home value ($137,800 vs $101,500 in Logan County).

Population, income & housing

	Logan County	Randolph County
Population	31,826	27,782
Median age	44.1 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,237	$55,057
Median home value	$101,500	$137,800
Median gross rent	$704	$807
Housing units	14,806	13,090
Homeownership rate	76.7%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Logan County	Randolph County
Population	33,154 → 31,826 (-4.0%)	28,930 → 27,782 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$36,168 → $47,237 (+30.6%)	$43,320 → $55,057 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $101,500 (+13.9%)	$110,300 → $137,800 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $704 (+6.3%)	$655 → $807 (+23.2%)

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

Randolph County

Population

28,93027,782

Median household income

$43,320$55,057

Median home value

$110,300$137,800

Median gross rent

$655$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Logan County	Randolph County
Under 5	5.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.9%
75 and over	8.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Logan County	Randolph County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	90.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Logan County	Randolph County
No high school diploma	17.4%	12.2%
High school graduate	43.6%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Logan County	Randolph County
Drove alone	84.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.0%
Other means	0.5%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Logan County	Randolph County
1-unit, detached	71.2%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	3.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Logan County	Randolph County
Poverty rate	21.4%	14.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1981	1975