Logan County vs Wayne County

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

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

Wayne County has the higher population (38,498 vs 31,826 in Logan County). Wayne County has the higher median household income ($55,539 vs $47,237 in Logan County). Wayne County has the higher median home value ($124,900 vs $101,500 in Logan County).

Population, income & housing

	Logan County	Wayne County
Population	31,826	38,498
Median age	44.1 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,237	$55,539
Median home value	$101,500	$124,900
Median gross rent	$704	$883
Housing units	14,806	18,238
Homeownership rate	76.7%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Logan County	Wayne County
Population	33,154 → 31,826 (-4.0%)	40,303 → 38,498 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$36,168 → $47,237 (+30.6%)	$37,988 → $55,539 (+46.2%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $101,500 (+13.9%)	$99,100 → $124,900 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $704 (+6.3%)	$662 → $883 (+33.4%)

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

Wayne County

Population

40,30338,498

Median household income

$37,988$55,539

Median home value

$99,100$124,900

Median gross rent

$662$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Logan County	Wayne County
Under 5	5.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.7%
75 and over	8.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Logan County	Wayne County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	95.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Logan County	Wayne County
No high school diploma	17.4%	14.7%
High school graduate	43.6%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Logan County	Wayne County
Drove alone	84.6%	80.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	2.5%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.2%	3.9%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Logan County	Wayne County
1-unit, detached	71.2%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Logan County	Wayne County
Poverty rate	21.4%	15.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1981	1975