Best PlacesLogan County, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Logan County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Logan County ranks 1,701st of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Logan County
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
The best areas in Logan County
The parts of Logan County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Elkhart
Incomes run higher, local pay stretches further, and heat risk is lower.
Lincoln
Streets are more walkable and biking is better.
Atlanta
More households have young kids and more residents vote.
Scores across Logan County run from about the 9th to the 55th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Logan County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Logan County ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of counties
- TransitBetter than 85% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 83% of counties
Where Logan County ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of counties
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Logan County
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Logan County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,119, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Logan County's effective rate of 1.73%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Logan County
Logan County's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Logan County.
Who works in Logan County, and how
Work in Logan County centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Logan County
Logan County has less parkland per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Logan County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Logan County growing, and who is moving in?
Logan County has lost about 7% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Chicago, IL.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Logan County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Logan County, month by month
Logan County sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Logan County
The nearest airport, Abraham Lincoln Capital, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Logan County
Schools across Logan County average a C−, better than 20% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Sherman Elem SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Cantrall Elem SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Central Elem SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cantrall Intermediate SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Williamsville Jr High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Olympia High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Mount Pulaski High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Williamsville High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Logan County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Logan County measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Logan County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Logan County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 83% of counties and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Logan County
Is Logan County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Logan County ranks 1,701st of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on a stable housing market, few empty homes, and transit, and lowest on the weather and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Logan County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $144,739. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $73,119 median income, cost of living beats 83% of counties.
Is Logan County safe?
Logan County is safer than 54% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $253 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Logan County?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 37 with lows near 22. That works out to about 54 pleasant days a year, more than 2% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Logan County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Elkhart, Lincoln, and Atlanta. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Logan County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Logan County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Logan County represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Logan County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Logan County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Logan County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Logan County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Logan County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Logan County detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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