West Virginia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Logan County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Logan County pays $576 a year, an effective rate of 0.56%, far below the U.S. average.
- $576
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.56%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -71%
- vs U.S. average
- #15 of 55
- rank in WV
The verdict
Homeowners in Logan County pay a median $576 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.56%, more affordable than 76% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $576
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.56%
- Effective rate on median home
- #740 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -71%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($103,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for West Virginia. Population: 31,418. Owner-occupied homes: 9,831.
The median annual property tax in Logan County is $576, which is 33% lower than the West Virginia state average and 71% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.56% on a median home value of $103,400. Property taxes represent 1.2% 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 0.56% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 76%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Logan County pay a median annual property tax of $576, far below the national median and well below the West Virginia state median. On a $103,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.56% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Logan County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $49,723 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of West Virginia counties by effective rate
Logan County ranks #15 of 55 counties in West Virginia by effective rate (73% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
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.
The rate held while the market moved
Logan County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 4.7% down, against a median home value that rose 5.8%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 0.9%, from $571 to $576.
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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $571 to $576, a change of 1%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 5,446 of 9,831 owner-occupied homes (55.4%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 1.2% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
21.9% of Logan County homes owned free and clear (1,410 of 6,436) report no property tax at all, against 3.7% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Logan County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Logan County homeowners, 5,446 of 9,831 owner-occupied homes (55.4%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 55.4% (5,446)
- $800 to $1,499 22.5% (2,213)
- $1,500 to $1,999 4.4% (434)
- $2,000 to $2,999 1.3% (126)
- $3,000 or more 0.8% (75)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,537 homes here (15.6%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how West Virginia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Logan County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+64%), 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 73% of the 55 counties in West Virginia - ranking #15 of 55.
Where Logan County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.56% Among the most affordable more affordable than 76% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as West Virginia, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 6% of the West Virginia median, yet the median bill runs 33% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $576 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Logan County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Logan County | West Virginia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.2% | - | - |
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 · West Virginia counties.
Logan County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $576 -2.5% | 0.56% |
| 2023 | $591 -3.0% | 0.58% |
| 2022 | $609 +7.0% | 0.60% |
| 2021 | $569 -0.4% | 0.62% |
| 2020 | $571 | 0.58% |
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 1.2% of income
Counties near Logan County's effective rate
On effective rate, Logan County sits nearest Richmond County (VA), Grayson County (VA), Craig County (VA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Zapata County (TX), Hamilton County (IL), Mellette County (SD).
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 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 90 of 11,250 returns from Logan County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,733 - 44% 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.
Other Counties in West Virginia
Logan County rate FAQs
- How does Logan County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Logan County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.56% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Logan County?
- Logan County, West Virginia scores A- (82/100) 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 bill size at A+ ($576/yr). 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.
- What is the average property tax in Logan County, West Virginia?
- The median annual property tax in Logan County is $576, an effective rate of 0.56% on a $103,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Logan County?
- Property taxes in Logan County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $49,723 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Logan County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Logan County held roughly steady, up 0.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $571 to $576, 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 to do with Logan County's QUIET rate
Logan County's $576 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 1.2% of Logan County's $49,723 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: 0.56%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $576/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
Beauregard Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Logan County at $576/yr; rate 0.36% vs Logan County 0.56%.
Russell County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Logan County at $576/yr; rate 0.48% vs Logan County 0.56%.
Carroll County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $577/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.53% vs Logan County 0.56%.
Hardy County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $575/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.35% vs Logan County 0.56%.
West Virginia county set
State ACS overview for every published West Virginia 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.