Logan, UT
Logan, UT-ID Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Logan, UT-ID Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Logan ranks 104th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 108th for income. A household earns $81,144 a year while median rent runs $1,311/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 4% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is commute (27th of 300), while home prices is the soft spot (257th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 167th and home prices 257th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Logan, your take-home is worth about $60,399 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 108th of 300↑32%$81,144
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 165th of 30096 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $84,589
- Per-capita income
- $32,689
- Full-time pay
- $33,364
Housing
- Median rent
- 167th of 300↑56.8%$1,311/mo
- Home value
- 257th of 300↑74.8%$476,800
- Property tax
- $1,991/yr · 0.4%
- Sales tax
- 7.32%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 109th of 3004%
- Bachelor's+
- 46th of 30043.2%
- Avg commute
- 27th of 30020.3 min
People
- Population
- 160,053
- Population change
- +12.9%
- Median age
- 27.4 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 5%
- Broadband
- 95.7%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 116th of 30044
- Natural-hazard loss
- 136th of 300$12/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 70th of 30016.3%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 9.8%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Education
- + Commute
- + Health
Watch-outs
- – Home prices
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — logan cache ap.
What jobs pay in Logan
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- IT managers
- $154,230
- Pharmacists
- $143,530
- Financial managers
- $125,680
- Lawyers
- $103,120
- Software developers
- $100,740
- Registered nurses
- $86,120
- General & operations managers
- $85,290
- Civil engineers
- $80,710
- Elementary school teachers
- $74,790
- Secondary school teachers
- $72,870
- Accountants & auditors
- $71,990
- Police officers
- $62,970
- Plumbers
- $60,390
- Electricians
- $58,070
- Web developers
- $57,900
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $57,450
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $50,090
- Carpenters
- $49,640
- Construction laborers
- $46,160
- Customer service reps
- $37,330
- Janitors
- $31,130
- Retail salespersons
- $30,730
- Cashiers
- $30,560
- Waiters & waitresses
- $30,350
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Logan metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Utah are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- California588
- Washington545
- Colorado443
- Arizona292
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Logan metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Logan metro?
- Median gross rent across the Logan, UT-ID Metro Area is $1,311 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Logan.
- What is the median household income in the Logan metro?
- A typical household in the Logan, UT-ID Metro Area earns $81,144 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Logan expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Logan, UT-ID Metro Area runs about 4% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Logan metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $84,589 (versus its face value of $81,144). CityLedger rates the Logan, UT-ID Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Logan metro?
- The median home value across the Logan, UT-ID Metro Area is $476,800 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Logan metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Logan, UT-ID Metro Area is 4% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).