Counties / Colorado / Logan County

Logan County, CO

FIPS 08075 · population 20,892 · part of Sterling, CO

$259k
Zillow home value · 2026-06
The numbers

What this county costs and earns

Everything here joins on the county FIPS code, so each figure comes from the agency that publishes it with no name matching in between.

Zillow home value
$259k
▲ 2.1% year over year
Zillow ZHVI · direct
Median asking rent
$1,070
n/a year over year
Zillow ZORI · direct
Gross yield
5.0%
annual rent ÷ price, before costs
derived: rent × 12 ÷ price ✓
HUD 2-bed standard
$1,101
market rent is 0.97x the standard
HUD Fair Market Rent · direct
Independent price check

Do two methods point the same way?

Zillow estimates a current home value. FHFA tracks repeat mortgage transactions. Their growth rates should be read side by side, not averaged.

Both annual signals move in the same direction
FHFA five-year cumulative+47.5%not annualized · through 2025
0%ZILLOW ZHVI2026-06+2.1%FHFA HPI2025+5.7%
Annual changes use different methods and may use different periods. The comparison checks direction and magnitude; it does not create a blended estimate. Zillow county ZHVI pulled 2026-07-26; FHFA annual county HPI pulled 2026-07-28.
Owner-reported value$245k
Surveyed gross rent$1,013
Rent burden 30%+49.3%
Median year built1964
Housing composition

Who occupies the stock—and what it is

ACS 2024 5-year
6.2%vacant
8,741estimated housing units
Occupied tenure33.7% renter
owner 66.3%renter 33.7%
Structure mix77.8% single-family
Single-family 77.8%20+ units 4.6%Mobile home 9.8%Other 7.9%
ACS estimates describe the standing housing stock and occupied tenure. They do not measure current listings, transaction prices or asking rents.

Survey source: Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30. These values describe different housing universes and are not combined into gross yield.

Annual average covered jobs7,772▲ 0.9% from the prior annual release
Covered establishments644annual average reporting locations
Average weekly wage$1,014▲ 4.4% from the prior annual release
Largest private supersectorTrade, transportation, and utilities31.7% of disclosed private covered jobs
Local labor base

Jobs, pay and private-sector concentration

2025
0%COVERED JOBS+0.9%WEEKLY WAGE+4.4%Trade, transportation, and utilities31.7%
Annual QCEW counts cover jobs located at reporting establishments. The industry share uses disclosed private covered employment; it is not a resident-employment measure or a forecast.

Workplace source: BLS QCEW — county employment and wages · annual county employment and wages 2025 vs 2024 · pulled 2026-07-31. QCEW counts covered jobs located in the county, not employed residents or the metro score’s CES/LAUS series.

County brief

What the local evidence says

01Decision frame

Logan County presents a price-and-demand tension: rental income may support initial screening, but slower marketing and outward migration make appreciation or rapid resale a weak premise. Buyers who can verify parcel economics should investigate; those dependent on quick exits should be cautious. Zillow’s June 2026 median home value was $259,004, up 2.06% year over year. That observation is distinct from FHFA’s 2025 repeat-transaction HPI, up 5.71% annually; both point upward, but they do not share a vintage, interval, method, or represent a closed-sale value.

02Housing economics

June 2026 median asking rent was $1,070 monthly, a measured market-rent figure. Against the supplied home value, the reported gross yield is 4.96% before costs; it is not net income. HUD’s two-bedroom FMR was $1,101 monthly, a payment standard rather than an asking-rent estimate, so it should not replace market rent in yield work. The effective property-tax rate was 0.46%, an initial carrying-cost input. Insurance, repairs, vacancy, management and financing costs are not published, preventing a net-cash-flow or cap-rate conclusion.

03Demand & competition

Realtor.com’s June 2026 MLS picture is mixed: active listings declined year over year, while median days on market reached 65 and a published reduced-price share signals seller concessions. These reflect visible listing supply, marketing time, and seller concessions, not closed prices or proof of buyer demand by themselves. Tax-return migration showed a net loss of 63 households; outbound movers had higher average AGI than inbound movers, complicating the demand case. Investors accounted for 15.81% of 234 purchases, showing participation but not control. Buyer identity, property types, and owner-occupant bidding are not disclosed.

04Risk & next checks

Risk limits remain material. Modeled annual climate loss is 0.15% of building value, and inland flood is the stated dominant hazard; this ratio is not a site-specific insurance quote. QCEW’s annual covered-workplace data show employment and average weekly wages increased. Trade, transportation, and utilities was the largest disclosed private supersector, not a measure of resident employment or the whole economy. Missing property-level insurance, flood-zone, condition, leases, vacancy, expenses, financing, and recent closed-sale evidence prevents net-cash-flow, cap-rate, and exit-price conclusions. Next checks are parcel flood exposure and insurance terms, actual leases and expenses, and comparable closed sales.

Cities & communities

Where people live within Logan County

Census-recognized incorporated places and CDPs that intersect this county. The list does not pretend to include every neighborhood or informal community.

Population scale

Largest Census places

ACS 2024 5-year
Sterling city13.2KFleming town614Merino town286Iliff town268Peetz town265Crook town157Atwood CDP62Padroni CDP7
Bars use total place population, not a county-share estimate. An asterisk marks a place that crosses a county line.
Official directory

8 Census places

Population
  1. 01
    Sterling cityIncorporated place
    13,172
  2. 02
    Fleming townIncorporated place
    614
  3. 03
    Merino townIncorporated place
    286
  4. 04
    Iliff townIncorporated place
    268
  5. 05
    Peetz townIncorporated place
    265
  6. 06
    Crook townIncorporated place
    157
  7. 07
    Atwood CDPCensus-designated place
    62
  8. 08
    Padroni CDPCensus-designated place
    7

Population is the total place-wide ACS estimate, not an allocated county share. A place crossing a county line is labelled explicitly. Source: Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30.

Risk, demand and competition

The three things a price does not tell you

01
Risk & carrying costFEMA NRI + Census ACS
Dominant hazardinland flooding

0.151% of building value expected lost per year

Effective property tax0.46%

$1,132 median annual bill

02
DemandIRS SOI household flows
Net migration-63

483 in · 546 out

Arriving vs leaving income−$3,033

$49,300 arriving · $52,333 leaving

03
CompetitionHMDA financed purchases
Purchases by investors15.8%

37 of 234 mortgages

investorother financed
Current listing pressure

What sellers and visible supply are doing

Realtor.com® Economic Research · county inventory 2026-06 · pulled 2026-07-28
Active listings75▼ 17.2% year over year
Median days on market65▲ 16.2% year over year
Listings price-reduced16.9%seller-concession signal
Median listing pricen/a▲ 14.0% year over year

Listing price is an asking price, not a closed sale. Quality-flagged county rows are withheld instead of displayed.

Bear case

What can break the county thesis

  1. Parcel-level flood exposure or insurance terms could materially change carrying costs.
  2. Outward migration and lower inbound mover income may not support assumed tenant or buyer depth.
  3. Listing concessions and longer marketing may limit resale liquidity despite upward price measures.
Underwriting questions

Before pricing a property

Is the published rent the same thing as HUD FMR?

No. The rent is median asking rent, while FMR is a two-bedroom payment standard.

What do the Zillow and FHFA measures establish?

They provide separate upward price-direction evidence at different vintages and methods; FHFA is a repeat-transaction index, not a home value.

What labor-market measure is published?

QCEW reports annual covered jobs at county workplaces and average weekly wages; it is not resident employment.