What is the cost of living in Logan?

Logan has a Regional Price Parity (RPP) of 95.9, where 100 represents the national average. Housing costs index at 91.0, which is below the national average. The average 2-bedroom rent is $1,241/month.

What is the median salary in Logan?

The median salary in Logan is $59,224 annually (mean: $63,477). Top occupations include Fast Food and Counter Workers, Retail Salespersons, Office Clerks, General.

The violent crime rate in the Logan area is 229 per 100,000 population (state-level data). Property crime rate is 1435 per 100K.

What are the schools like in Logan?

The state of UT has 1,068 schools (state-level data, no metro-level federal count exists) with an average student-teacher ratio of 21.4:1. Charter schools make up 13.1% of all schools.

How much does childcare cost in Logan?

Infant center-based childcare in the Logan area averages $11,828 per year. Preschool averages $8,778/year. These are state-level averages.

Is Logan a good place to relocate?

Logan has a Life Score of 50.8/100 (D), based on 7 of 7 available dimensions among cost of living, wages, rent, crime, schools, childcare, and environment (missing dims omitted, weights renormalized). This is a middle-of-the-pack score, where the composite lands for most US metros; look at individual dimensions to see the real trade-offs.

Where does Logan sit among US metros on LiveAbility?

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite, Logan ranks #299 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). That ordinal matches the /rankings/livability listing. See /methodology#corpus-placement for the exact sort basis.

Relocation profile · Federal data

Logan, UT-ID

LiveAbility 43.3/100 places Logan #299 of 387 (bottom third of scored metros).

Compiled by PlainRelocate · June 15, 2026

95.9
Cost index (US=100): $1,241
2BR rent / mo: $59,224
Median salary: 43.3
LiveAbility Score

The verdict

As of June 2026, Logan ranks #299 of 387 US metros on the LiveAbility Score (43.3/100), with its strongest marks in low hazard and safety.

#299
of 387 US metros · Below median: 3,503,613
metro-area population: 229
violent crimes per 100K (state-level): 1,068
schools in the state (NCES)

Weakest dimension: schools (1/100). Weigh every dimension against your own priorities, use the City Finder to re-rank by what matters to you.

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite (BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, EPA, NOAA, and FEMA inputs), Logan ranks #299 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). Cost-of-living index 95.9 (100 = national average), median 2-bedroom rent $1,241/mo, median salary $59,224; LiveAbility Score 43.3/100, strongest in low hazard and safety.

Signature: LiveAbility 43.3/100 places Logan #299 of 387 (bottom third of scored metros).

Purchasing power sits mid-band: BEA RPP 95.9 between corpus terciles 91.5 and 97.0. Median 2BR rent $1,241/mo.

LiveAbility 43.3/100 puts Logan in the bottom third (#299 of 387).

BLS OEWS total employment in the Logan area is 59,260.

Logan vs all US metros by LiveAbility Score

Where this metro's LiveAbility Score falls among every scored US metro (composite placement, not a desirability verdict)

43 Top 78% higher than 22% of 387 US metros

Metros banded by LiveAbility Score (0–100)

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Source PlainRelocate LiveAbility Score · June 2026

Logan housing and rent

HUD Fair Market Rents for the Logan MSA; housing RPP 91.0 (100 = national average); 2BR $1,241/mo.

Studio

$940

/month

1 Bedroom

$946

/month

2 Bedroom

$1,241

/month

3 Bedroom

$1,726

/month

4 Bedroom

$2,082

/month

Logan wages and employment

Logan posts 59,260 total employment with median salary $59,224.

Median Salary

$59,224

Mean Salary

$63,477

Total Employment

59,260

Top Occupations by Employment

Occupation	Median Salary
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$28,010
Retail Salespersons	$30,730
Office Clerks, General	$40,730
Customer Service Representatives	$37,330
General and Operations Managers	$85,290

Schools & Education

State-level education data for the Logan area from NCES.

Schools

1,068

Enrollment

681,626

Student:Teacher

21.4:1

Title I %

Childcare Costs

State-average childcare costs for the Logan area (DOL data).

Infant (Center)

$11,828

per year

Toddler (Center)

$9,645

per year

Preschool (Center)

$8,778

per year

Life Score Breakdown

Logan's composite Life Score is 50.8/100 (D), computed across 7 of 7 dimensions.

Cost

38/100

Below average

Wages

22/100

Weak

Rent

59/100

Above average

Crime

77/100

Strong

Schools

99/100

Elite

Childcare

30/100

Weak

Environment

56/100

Above average

LiveAbility Score

View full rankings →

Logan ranks #299 out of 387 metros with a LiveAbility Score of 43.3/100 - a composite of 8 of 8 quality-of-life dimensions from federal data. Customize the weights to match your priorities →

Strongest dimension: Low hazard (97/100)

Low hazard

97
Safety

77
Housing

59
Air quality

48
Cost of living

38
Job market

22
Climate

6
Schools

1

What this shows Logan's strongest dimensions are low hazard and safety; its weakest among scored dims is schools at 1/100. Default weights: cost 18%, jobs & housing 15% each, safety & schools 12%, air & hazard 10%, climate 8%.

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Metros near Logan on cost, LiveAbility, or wages

Nearest out-of-state neighbors to Logan on BEA RPP, LiveAbility, or BLS median salary, a different lens than the size-ranked list.

Similar cost of living (BEA RPP)

Similar LiveAbility score

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, HUD Fair Market Rents, BLS OES, FBI UCR, NCES, DOL, EPA June 2026

Logan cost figures follow BEA Regional Price Parities and HUD Fair Market Rents; Logan wages and LiveAbility inputs follow BLS OEWS plus the federal sources listed in methodology. This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Scores are federal-data percentiles, not a move recommendation. How this data is sourced.

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Thinking about Logan?

Logan runs a $59,224 median salary at a 95.9 cost index, ranking #299 of 387 nationally on LiveAbility.

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