Kentucky · County property tax · ACS 2024
Logan County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Logan County pays $1,010 a year, an effective rate of 0.61%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,010
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.61%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -49%
- vs U.S. average
- #96 of 120
- rank in KY
The verdict
Homeowners in Logan County pay a median $1,010 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.61%, more affordable than 70% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,010
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.61%
- Effective rate on median home
- #932 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -49%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($164,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kentucky. Population: 27,986. Owner-occupied homes: 8,175.
The median annual property tax in Logan County is $1,010, which is 35% lower than the Kentucky state average and 49% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.61% on a median home value of $164,900. Property taxes represent 1.7% of the median household income in this county.
Logan County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Logan County's 0.61% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 70%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Logan County pay a median annual property tax of $1,010, well below the national median and well below the Kentucky state median. On a $164,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.61% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Kentucky counties by effective rate
Logan County ranks #96 of 120 counties in Kentucky by effective rate (20% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Logan County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $60,382 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Logan County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 10.7% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 57% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 51.4%, the median bill rose 35.2% to $1,010: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 35% from $747 to $1,010. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 3,065 of 8,175 owner-occupied homes (37.5%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 1.7% of median household income. Counties like this are the reason a national average exists at all, and also the reason it explains so little.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
What Logan County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Logan County homeowners, 3,065 of 8,175 owner-occupied homes (37.5%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 37.5% (3,065)
- $800 to $1,499 26.2% (2,143)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.5% (944)
- $2,000 to $2,999 8.0% (655)
- $3,000 or more 10.4% (854)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
514 homes here (6.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Kentucky handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Logan County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+69%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Logan County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Logan County's effective rate is higher than 20% of the 120 counties in Kentucky - ranking #96 of 120.
Where Logan County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.61% Among the most affordable more affordable than 70% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Logan County moved from $747 in the 2020 release to $1,010 in 2024, a change of about 35%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Logan County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Logan County | Kentucky Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.7% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Logan County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Kentucky counties.
Logan County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,010 +6.9% | 0.61% |
| 2023 | $945 +2.1% | 0.62% |
| 2022 | $926 +19.0% | 0.69% |
| 2021 | $778 +4.1% | 0.70% |
| 2020 | $747 | 0.69% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Logan County: tax takes only 1.7% of income
Counties near Logan County's effective rate
On effective rate, Logan County sits nearest Sullivan County (IN), Starke County (IN), Ohio County (IN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Dorchester County (SC), Mills County (TX), Jefferson County (NE).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Logan County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 290 of 11,940 returns from Logan County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,221 - 31% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Logan County rate FAQs
- How does Logan County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Logan County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.61% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Logan County, Kentucky?
- The median annual property tax in Logan County is $1,010, an effective rate of 0.61% on a $164,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Logan County?
- Logan County, Kentucky scores B- (66/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is income room at B+ (1.7%). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- Are property taxes increasing in Logan County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Logan County jumped 35.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $747 to $1,010, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Logan County?
- Property taxes in Logan County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $60,382 median household income.
What to do with Logan County's QUIET rate
Logan County's $1,010 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is light here: about 1.7% of Logan County's $60,382 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Logan County's QUIET effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.61%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,010/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Logan County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Logan County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Avery County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Logan County at $1,010/yr; rate 0.38% vs Logan County 0.61%.
Corson County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,009/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.45% vs Logan County 0.61%.
Jefferson County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,009/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.96% vs Logan County 0.61%.
Laclede County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,011/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Logan County 0.61%.
Kentucky county set
State ACS overview for every published Kentucky county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Logan County stamps QUIET · LIGHT - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Logan County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.