Logan anchors Cache Valley in northern Utah as a college and cultural hub with about 56,000 people and Utah State University at its center. The historic Main Street, the Tabernacle and the Ellen Eccles Theatre give downtown some character, and the surrounding mountains are never far from view.
Logan Canyon Scenic Byway runs right out of town to Tony Grove Lake, and Bear Lake is about 45 miles away. Beaver Mountain and Cherry Peak are the local ski areas, and mountain biking is popular. Summer brings Utah Festival Opera, and the university adds theater, sports and its well-known Aggie Ice Cream. Salt Lake City is about 80 miles south. It is a safe place, with petty theft and weekend party trouble near campus the main issues. Winters are snowy, and January and February inversions trap poor air in the valley. Housing is pricey for local wages, and most people here rent.
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- Known as
- Heart of Cache Valley; Home of Utah State University (Aggies); Cache Valley's cultural capital; Gateway to Logan Canyon
- Founded
- 1859 settled (Mormon pioneers); incorporated January 17, 1866
- Languages
- English; Spanish; small communities speaking Chinese, Korean, Arabic and Portuguese (university community)
- Airports
- Logan-Cache Airport (LGU), about 3 miles west, general aviation only; Salt Lake City International (SLC), about 80 miles south; Idaho Falls Regional (IDA), about 150 miles northeast; Ogden-Hinckley (OGD), about 55 miles south, general aviation
- Tipping
- Restaurants 18-20%; bars $1-2 per drink; taxis and rideshare 15-20%; hotel housekeeping $2-5 per night; bellhops $2-5 per bag; counter service optional
About this data
Population 55,576 (Census QuickFacts, July 1, 2025), land area 17.85 sq mi (converted to km2), median value and rent from Census QuickFacts; elevation, coordinates and founding from Wikipedia. Metro about 155,000 is an approximate estimate for the Logan UT-ID MSA (Cache County UT and Franklin County ID; 2020 Census 147,908 per Wikipedia). Events, hotels, cost-of-living, tipping, crime and airport distances are approximate or from general knowledge; lower confidence because search snippets were sparse. The event calendar link is the Logan Downtown calendar seen in search results; explorelogan.com is the Cache Valley Visitors Bureau site. URLs not load-tested
