Logan, Utah Cost Of Living

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Overall 6%

Goods & Services 0%

Housing 17%

Date & Last Updated: This data reflects 2022 and was released from C2ER in January, 2022; this is the most current data available.

The cost of living index is based on a national average of 100. For example, if the cost of living is 90, then it is 10% lower than average. If the cost of living is 110, then it is 10% higher than average. The breakdown for each index is as follows: goods & services (33%), groceries (13%), health care (5%), housing (30%), transportation (9%) and utilities (10%). If the cost of living data was unavailable for this city, estimates based upon nearby cities were used.
Index	Logan	Utah	National
Cost of living	94	104	100
Goods & Services	100	101	100
Groceries	92	98	100
Health care	95	93	100
Housing	83	114	100
Transportation	114	107	100
Utilities	90	93	100

Key findings

The cost of living in Logan is 10% lower than the Utah average
The cost of living in Logan is 6% lower than the national average
Logan housing is 17% lower than the national average
Utah general sales tax is 17% higher than the national average
Utah state income tax is 101% higher than the national average

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Median Income & Debt-To-Income Ratio

Median Income	Per Year	Per Month	Max Budget (28% DTI)	Max Budget (36% DTI)
Owners	$60,015	$5,001	$1,400	$1,801
Renters	$26,318	$2,193	$614	$790

The percent of monthly income spent on housing can be a good indicator of the affordability of housing in Logan, UT, as well as the overall cost of living. As a general rule of thumb, the debt-to-income ratio (DTI) for homeowners or renters should be not more than 28 percent of gross income to be spent on housing related costs and not more than 36 percent of income on all expenses, including debts. The median income for Logan homeowners, is $60,015. This would allow for a maximum of $1,400 per month to be spent on housing costs. For renters, the median monthly income is $26,318 which would result in a maximum of $614 to be spent on rental costs.

Utah Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
Utah	5.95%	8.35%

Utah Income Tax

State	Income Tax (Low)	Income Tax (High)
Utah	4.95%	4.95%

Goods & Services

Item	Logan	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$23.80	$20.27	17.4%
Beauty Salon	$28.03	$40.39	30.6%
Toothpaste	$2.08	$2.36	11.7%
Shampoo	$0.99	$1.08	7.7%
Movie	$10.61	$10.99	3.5%
Bowling	$13.47	$15.49	13.1%

Groceries

Item	Logan	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$3.74	$4.30	12.9%
Fried Chicken	$1.13	$1.40	19.5%
Milk	$1.64	$2.20	25.4%
Potatoes	$2.24	$3.22	30.4%
Pizza	$11.32	$10.74	5.4%
Beer	$9.58	$9.60	0.2%

Health Care

Item	Logan	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$108.67	$109.73	1.0%
Doctor	$102.33	$118.34	13.5%
Dentist	$94.53	$100.94	6.3%
Ibuprofen	$9.97	$9.93	0.4%
Lipitor	$485.58	$469.53	3.4%

Housing

Item	Logan	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$164,000.00	$184,700.00	11.2%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$1,180.08	$1,229.62	4.0%
Apartment Rent	$668.00	$949.00	29.6%

Transportation

Item	Logan	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$3.00	$2.71	10.7%
Tire Balancing	$61.78	$51.86	19.1%

Utilities

Item	Logan	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$138.00	$170.84	19.2%
Phone	$190.47	$187.18	1.8%

Although the cost of living data is updated regularly, this cost of living information is to be used as estimates only as prices can change on an ongoing basis.

Nearby cities with low cost of living

City	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Cache, UT	0	99	1.5%
Fielding, UT	424	93	7.3%
Trenton, UT	451	95	5.1%
Hyrum, UT	7,866	95	4.6%
Newton, UT	795	95	4.5%
Logan, UT	49,539	94	6.0%

Cities with similar population

City	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Downers Grove, IL	49,555	119	19.0%
Wilson, NC	49,558	88	11.9%
Rimouski, QC	49,516	n/a
Florin, CA	49,486	106	6.3%
Olympia, WA	49,608	115	15.2%
Logan, UT	49,539	94	6.0%

Source: This data reflects 2021 and was released from C2ER in January, 2022; this is the most current data available.