Logan vs State College
Metro-area medians — Logan, UT-ID Metro Area vs State College, PA Metro Area — not the cities proper.
State College comes out ahead, winning 4 of the 7 clearly-decided measures.
Logan and State College cost about the same to live in, but Logan households earn about 5% more. Adjusted for local prices, a typical paycheck stretches further in Logan.
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On $75,000 for just you, State College leaves you about $587/yr better off after tax and local prices.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
Choose Logan for
- + Cost-adjusted income (pay's real value)
- + Median household income
- + Unemployment
Choose State College for
- + Median rent
- + Median home value
- + Bachelor's degree or higher
- + Air quality (median AQI)
Logan vs State College — frequently asked
- Is Logan cheaper than State College?
- They are about even — the overall cost of living in the Logan and State College metros is within 3% of each other (BEA Regional Price Parities), so neither is meaningfully cheaper.
- Which has higher household income, Logan or State College?
- Logan has the higher median household income — $81,144 versus $77,110 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS), about 5% more.
- Does a paycheck go further in Logan or State College?
- A paycheck stretches further in Logan. Adjusted for local prices, the median income is worth $84,589 there versus $79,690 in State College.
- Which has cheaper rent, Logan or State College?
- State College has cheaper rent — a median of $1,189/mo versus $1,311/mo (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS).