West Virginia · Census place 5448148

Logan, West Virginia

Logan is a city in Logan County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,319 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 83rd largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,319
#83 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-7.9%
-113 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
1,147 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Logan. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

Logan population, 2020 to 2024

Logan lost 113 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -7.9%. In the latest year it moved by -21.

1,43220201,39620211,36120221,34020231,3192024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,437. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Logan covers 1.15 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,147 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Logan is less dense than the typical town.

What county Logan is in

All of Logan's residents live in Logan County, which had 30,560 residents in 2024. Logan holds 4.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Logan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Logan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25601. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Logan is

The Census internal point of Logan is at 37.851900, -81.988100. Charleston, the capital, is 39.2 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Madison, WV (2,719 people), 17.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 135.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.851900, -81.988100
DMS
37°51'6.84"N 81°59'17.16"W
UTM
17N 413072.2E 4189843.2N
Geohash
dntxq6dp6
Plus code
869WV226+QQ

Daylight in Logan

At 37.85° N, Logan gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Logan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Madison, 17.9 miles away, with 2,719 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Logan, WV?

1,319 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 113 (7.9%) from 1,432 in July 2020.

What county is Logan in?

Logan County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Logan?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 25601.

How far is Logan from Charleston?

39.2 miles (63.1 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Logan.

What is the nearest larger city to Logan?

Madison, WV, with 2,719 residents, 17.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.