By Dr. Courtney Flint | May 20, 2020

North Logan Wellbeing Survey Findings

May 2020

Dr. Courtney Flint
Utah State University Extension

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Summary

North Logan is one of 25 cities participating in the Utah Wellbeing Project. This project is designed to assess the wellbeing and local perspectives of city residents and to provide information to city leaders to inform their general planning process.

Eighteen cities participated in an online survey effort in February and March 2020. North Logan City advertised the survey via social media, newsletter and website. All city residents age 18 and over were encouraged to take the online Qualtrics survey, available from February 1, 2020 to March 16, 2020.

A total of 79 completed surveys were recorded during this effort. This report contains descriptive information based on North Logan resident responses and comparisons with other cities from this most recent survey effort. This sample size precludes in-depth analysis of demographic influences on perspectives.

North Logan residents (56) were also surveyed in Summer 2019 in a preliminary effort using iPads at public places such as parks, city offices, grocery stores, etc. A report from that effort can be found at https://usu.edu/utah-wellbeing-project.

Contact Information: Courtney Flint, courtney.flint@usu.edu, 435-797-8635
Acknowledgements: Utah League of Cities and Towns, Casey Trout, Rachel Sagers, and Caitlyn Rogers

Respondent Characteristics

Nearly all of the North Logan survey respondents (97.5%) were full-time residents. The length of residency ranged from 1 to 55 years with an average of 14 years. Over two-thirds of respondents (70%) had lived in North Logan for more than 5 years.

Table 1 details the demographic characteristics of the respondents and allows for comparison with U.S. Census information from the 2014-2018 American Community Survey. As the table shows, females are overrepresented in the resulting survey sample as well as those with a college degree and those age 60 and older. The survey sample underrepresents nonwhites or Latinos, those age 18-39, those with household incomes less than $50,000, and those who are employed. There is no census comparison for religion. These characteristics should be taken into consideration when interpreting the findings from the survey, as survey respondents may not be fully representative of North Logan residents.

Table 1
Demographic Characteristics of Survey Respondents and U.S. Census Data for North Logan

Demographic Characteristics North Logan
iPad Survey 2020
(56 Respondents)		 North Logan
Online Survey 2020
(79 Respondents)		 American Community Survey
2016-2020 Estimates
Age 18-39  60.0% 29.2% 48.4%
Age 40-59  23.7% 38.9% 30.0%
Age 60 or Over 15.9% 31.9% 21.6%
Female  66.1% 74.0% 49.7%
Male, other  33.9% 26.0% 50.3% (Male only)
No college degree 66.1% 27.8% 53.2%
College degree (4-year) 33.9% 72.2% 46.8%
Median household income  NA NA $73,148
Income Under $50,000  49.1% 15.7% 32.7%
Income $50,000 to $74,999  14.5% 17.1% 19.0%
Income $75,000 to $99,999 10.9% 21.4% 14.6%
Income $100,000 to $149,999 14.5% 22.9% 17.3%
Income $150,000 or over  10.9% 22.9% 16.4%
Religion: Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints		 56.9% 69.4% NA
Other religion  25.5% 12.5% NA
No religious preference 17.6%  18.1% NA
White (non-Latino) 89.3%  93.0% 84.2%
Nonwhite or Latino 10.7%  7.0% 15.8%
Children under 18 in household  NA 41.1% 37.5%
Employed (combined)  NA 52.8% 66.4% (in labor force age 16+)
Out of work and looking for work  NA 1.4% 2.0% (unemployed)
Other  NA 45.8% 31.6% (not in labor force)

Overall Personal Wellbeing and Overall Wellbeing in North Logan

Survey participants were asked about their overall personal wellbeing and overall community wellbeing in North Logan. These wellbeing indicators are both measured on a 5-point scale from very poor (1) to excellent (5). The average personal wellbeing score among North Logan respondents was 4.23, with 85% of respondents indicating their wellbeing at a 4 or 5 on the 5-point scale. The average score for community wellbeing in North Logan was 3.99.

Bar chart. Title: Personal Wellbeing in North Logan. Subtitle: How would you rate your overall personal wellbeing? Data - 1 Very Poor: 1% of respondents; 2: 0% of respondents; 3: 14% of respondents; 4: 44% of respondents; 5 Excellent: 41% of respondents.

Bar Chart. Title: Community Wellbeing in Logan. Subtitle: How would you rate overall wellbeing in Logan? Data - 1 Very Poor: 0% of respondents; 2: 1% of respondents; 3: 23% of respondents; 4: 52% of respondents; 5 Excellent: 24% of respondents.

Survey participants were asked about their overall personal wellbeing and overall community wellbeing in North Logan. These wellbeing indicators are both measured on a 5-point scale from very poor (1) to excellent (5). The average personal wellbeing score among North Logan respondents was 4.23, with 85% of respondents indicating their wellbeing at a 4 or 5 on the 5-point scale. The average score for community wellbeing in North Logan was 3.99.

Dot Plot. Title: Overall Personal Wellbeing Scores from Sampled Utah Cities (2020). Subtitle: (On a scale from 1=Very Poor to 5=Excellent). Group: Established/Mid-Sized Cities. Draper: Average Score 4.24; Bountiful: Average Score 4.11; Cedar City: Average Score 3.99; Tooele: Average Score 3.77. Group: Rapid Growth Cities. North Logan: Average Score 4.23; La Verkin: Average Score 4.18; Eagle Mountain: Average Score 4.14; Saratoga Springs: Average Score 4.14; Santaquin: Average Score 4.11; Hurricane: Average Score 4.09; Lehi: Average Score 4.09; Nibley: Average Score 4.08; Herriman: Average Score 3.99. Group: Rural, Rural Hub, & Resort Cities. Richfield: Average Score 4.12; Helper: Average Score 4.10; Delta: Average Score 3.99; Nephi: Average Score 3.98; Moab: Average Score 3.93.

Wellbeing Domains in North Logan

According to national and international entities tracking wellbeing, a number of common domains make up wellbeing. In this survey, respondents rated ten domains on a 5-point scale from poor to excellent, and indicated their importance to their overall personal wellbeing on a 5-point scale from not at all important to very important. Based on percentage with a good or excellent rating, the top three highest rated wellbeing domains for respondents were living standards, safety and security, and education. The most important wellbeing domains were safety and security, living standards, mental health, and physical health. The sample size precludes analysis of the influence of demographic characteristics on wellbeing perspectives.

Likert Graph. Title: Wellbeing Domain Ratings in North Logan. Subtitle: How would you rate your level of personal wellbeing in each of the following categories? Category: Living Standards - 8% of respondents rated as poor, fair, or moderate while 92% rated as good or excellent; Category: Safety and Security - 9% of respondents rated as poor, fair, or moderate while 91% rated as good or excellent; Category: Education - 13% of respondents rated as poor, fair, or moderate while 87% rated as good or excellent; Category: Mental Health - 22% of respondents rated as poor, fair, or moderate while 78% rated as good or excellent; Category: Physical Health - 26% of respondents rated as poor, fair, or moderate while 74% rated as good or excellent; Category: Leisure Time - 27% of respondents rated as poor, fair, or moderate while 73% rated as good or excellent; Category: Connection with Nature - 29% of respondents rated as poor, fair, or moderate while 71% rated as good or excellent; Category: Social Connections - 33% of respondents rated as poor, fair, or moderate while 67% rated as good or excellent; Category: Local Environmental Quality - 35% of respondents rated as poor, fair or moderate while 65% rated as good or excellent; Category: Cultural Opportunities - 54% of respondents rated as poor, fair or moderate while 46% rated as good or excellent.


Likert Graph. Title: Wellbeing Domain Importance in North Logan. Subtitle: How important are the following categories to your overall personal wellbeing? Category: Safety and Security - 1% of respondents rated as not at all important, slightly important, or moderately important while 99% rated as important or very important; Category: Living Standards - 4% of respondents rated as not at all important, slightly important, or moderately important while 96% of respondents rated as important or very important; Category: Mental Health - 7% of respondents rated as not at all important, slightly important, or moderately important while 93% rated as important or very important; Category: Physical Health - 8% of respondents rated as not at all important, slightly important, or moderately important while 92% rated as important or very important; Category: Local Environmental Quality - 11% of respondents rated as not at all important, slightly important, or moderately important while 89% rated as important or very important; Category: Leisure Time - 11% of respondents rated as not at all important, slightly important, or moderately important while 89% rated as important or very important; Category: Education - 17% of respondents rated as not at all important, slightly important, or moderately important while 83% rated as important or very important; Category: Social Connections - 26% rated as not at all important, slightly important, or moderately important while 74% rated as important or very important; Category: Connection with Nature - 28% of respondents rated as not at all important, slightly important, or moderately important while 72% rated as important or very important; Category: Cultural Opportunities - 34% rated as not at all important, slightly important, or moderately important while 66% rated as important or very important.

 

Wellbeing Matrix for North Logan

The graph below illustrates the relationship between the average rating and the average importance of wellbeing domains for survey respondents from North Logan. Physical Health falls into the red quadrant, indicating that it was found to be of higher than average importance, but rated lower than average. Mental Health approaches this quadrant, as it was found to be relatively very important, but its average rating is only slightly higher than the overall average rating of the wellbeing domains. Local Environmental Quality also approaches this quadrant, as its overall rating is lower than the average rating of the domains and its overall importance is only slightly lower than the average importance of all of the domains. It is important to note that all domains have an average rating above 3.0 (moderate) and the importance score for all domains was higher than 3.0 (moderately important).

Scatterplot. Title: North Logan Wellbeing Matrix. Domains are classified into four quadrants depending on their average rating and average importance as compared to the average of all the average domain ratings and the average of all the average domain importance ratings. High rating, high importance (green quadrant) domains include: Safety and Security, Living Standards, Mental Health, Leisure Time, and Education. High rating, lower Importance (blue quadrant) domains include: None. Lower rating, lower importance (yellow quadrant) domains include: Social Connections, Cultural Opportunities, Connection with Nature, and Local Environmental Quality. Lower rating, high importance (red quadrant) domains include: Physical Health.

Community Action & Connections in North Logan

Survey participants were asked about community actions and connectedness to community in North Logan. Both questions were scored on a 5-point scale from not at all (1) to a great deal (5). When asked about the degree to which people take action together in response to local problems or opportunities in North Logan, the average score was 3.63. When asked about the degree they feel connected to their community, the average score was 3.50. The sample size of the survey precludes analysis of the influence of demographic characteristics on community perspectives.

Bar chart. Title: Community Action in North Logan. Subtitle: In North Logan, to what degree do people take action together in response to local problems or opportunities? Data - 1 Not at All: 1% of respondents; 2: 9% of respondents; 3: 33% of respondents; 4: 38% of respondents; 5 A Great Deal: 18% of respondents.

Bar chart. Title: Community Connection in North Logan. Subtitle: In North Logan, to what degree do you feel connected to your community? Data - 1 Not at All: 4% of respondents; 2: 12% of respondents; 3: 36% of respondents; 4: 28% of respondents; 5 A Great Deal: 21% of respondents.

Influence of Landscape on Wellbeing

Survey participants were asked about the influence of landscape features on their wellbeing. Mountains, rivers and streams, city parks, trails, lakes, and farmland were found to have an overwhelmingly positive influence on respondents’ wellbeing. Most respondents indicated that red rock has neither a positive nor a negative influence, but 44% of respondents noted it as having a positive influence.

In terms of development and industry in the landscape, half of respondents noted extractive industry has a negative influence on their wellbeing. Most respondents noted that manufacturing industry has neither a positive nor a negative influence, though almost one-quarter of respondents noted that it has a negative influence. Comparatively, more respondents noted that residential development and commercial development have a positive influence than a negative influence.

Likert Graph. Title: The Role of Landscape Features in North Logan Residents' Wellbeing. Subtitle: How does the presence of the following landscape features influence your wellbeing? Feature: Mountains - 1% of respondents indicated very negatively or negatively, 0% indicated neither, 99% indicated positively or very positively; Feature: Rivers and Streams - 1% of respondents indicated very negatively or negatively, 6% indicated neither, 93% indicated positively or very positively; Feature: City Parks - 1% of respondents indicated very negatively or negatively, 11% indicated neither, 88% indicated positively or very positively; Feature: Trails - 4% of respondents indicated very negatively or negatively, 12% indicated neither, 84% indicated positively or very positively; Feature: Lakes - 1% of respondents indicated very negatively or negatively, 19% indicated neither, 80% indicated positively or very positively; Feature: Farmland - 3% of respondents indicated very negatively or negatively, 22% indicated neither, 75% indicated positively or very positively; Feature: Red Rock - 4% of respondents indicated very negatively or negatively, 52% indicated neither, 44% indicated positively or very positively; Feature: Commercial Development - 21% of respondents indicated very negatively or negatively, 40% indicated neither, 39% indicated positively or very positively; Feature: Residential Development - 32% of respondents indicated very negatively or negatively, 32% indicated neither, 36% indicated positively or very positively; Feature: Manufacturing Industry - 24% of respondents indicated very negatively or negatively, 63% indicated neither, 13% indicated positively or very positively; Feature: Extractive Industry - 50% of respondents indicated very negatively or negatively, 45% indicated neither, 5% indicated positively or very positively.

Perspectives on Population Growth and Economic Development in North Logan

Two-thirds of survey respondents indicated that they felt population growth is too fast (66%), while just over a quarter (27%) felt it is just right. Comparatively, 41% of respondents noted that economic development is just right and the rest were split between saying the pace of economic development is too slow (29%) and too fast (19%). Compared to the other cities in the winter 2020 survey, North Logan respondents were similar to those from other cities in feeling population growth was too fast, but had a more divided set of perspectives on the pace of economic development than most other communities.

Bar Chart. Title: Population Growth in North Logan. Subtitle: How would you describe the current rate of population growth in North Logan? Data - Too Slow: 0% of respondents; Just Right: 27% of respondents; Too Fast: 66% of respondents; No Opinion: 8% of respondents.

Bar Chart. Title: Economic Development in North Logan. Subtitle: How would you describe the current pace of economic development in North Logan? Data - Too Slow: 29% of respondents; Just Right - 41% of respondents; Too Fast - 19% of respondents; No Opinion - 11% of respondents.

Likert Graph. Title: Population Growth in Sampled Utah Cities. Herriman - 1% of respondents indicated too slow, 91% indicated too fast; Lehi - 0% of respondents indicated too slow, 83% indicated too fast; Saratoga Springs - 1% of respondents indicated too slow, 80% indicated too fast; Eagle Mountain - 0% of respondents indicated too slow, 72% indicated too fast; Draper - 1% of respondents indicated too slow, 72% indicated too fast; Santaquin - 1% of respondents indicated too slow, 72% indicated too fast; Tooele - 3% of respondents indicated too slow, 70% indicated too fast. North Logan - 0% of respondents indicated too slow, 66% indicated too fast. Moab - 4% of respondents indicated too slow, 64% indicated too fast; Nibley - 0% of respondents indicated too slow, 60% indicated too fast; Hurricane - 2% of respondents indicated too slow, 56% indicated too fast; Nephi - 6% of respondents indicated too slow, 53% indicated too fast; Bountiful - 3% of respondents indicated too slow, 46% indicated too fast; Cedar City - 2% of respondents indicated too slow, 46% indicated too fast; La Verkin - 12% of respondents indicated too slow, 35% indicated too fast; Richfield - 14% of respondents indicated too slow, 18% indicated too fast; Delta - 31% of respondents indicated too slow, 9% indicated too fast; Helper - 22% of respondents indicated too slow, 8% indicated too fast.

Likert Graph. Title: Economic Development in Sampled Utah Cities. Draper - 4% of respondents indicated too slow, 44% indicated too fast; Lehi - 9% of respondents indicated too slow, 56% indicated too fast; Nibley - 19% of respondents indicated too slow, 23% indicated too fast; Moab - 24% of respondents indicated too slow, 62% indicated too fast; North Logan - 29% of respondents indicated too slow, 19% indicated too fast; Bountiful - 35% of respondents indicated too slow, 14% indicated too fast; Cedar City - 44% of respondents indicated too slow, 9% indicated too fast; Saratoga Springs - 45% of respondents indicated too slow, 14% indicated too fast; Hurricane - 47% of respondents indicated too slow, 14% indicated too fast; Herriman - 48% of respondents indicated too slow, 23% indicated too fast; Eagle Mountain - 50% of respondents indicated too slow, 15% indicated too fast; Helper - 52% of respondents indicated too slow, 2% indicated too fast; Nephi - 54% of respondents indicated too slow, 9% indicated too fast; La Verkin - 56% of respondents indicated too slow, 11% indicated too fast; Santaquin - 58% of respondents indicated too slow, 12% indicated too fast; Richfield - 63% of respondents indicated too slow, 5% indicated too fast; Tooele - 63% of respondents indicated too slow, 10% indicated too fast; Delta - 80% of respondents indicated too slow, 0% indicated too fast.

Risks and Assets for Wellbeing in North Logan

Survey respondents indicated the degree to which a number of possible local issues were a major or minor risk or asset to wellbeing in North Logan (see Table 2).

Table 2
Top Rated Risks and Assets by North Logan Respondents

Highest Rated Assets
(indicated by at least 80% of respondents)		 Highest Rated Risks
(Indicated by at least 20% of respondents)
Recreation Opportunities Substance Abuse
Access to Quality Food Air Quality
Public Safety Electronic Devices
Access to Public Land Affordable Housing

Respondents also wrote in other assets and risks as shown in Table 3. It is clear that some people not only listed current assets, but also those they wish North Logan had.

Table 3
Other Assets and Risks Mentioned by North Logan Respondents

Other Assets Other Risks
Animal rights Diversity Airport, low flying planes, noise and safety City does not enforce ordinances, is unkempt and dirty
Education Land Community connection Condo-style housing
Laws that work for families with little farms Religiosity Too many houses being built on foothills  
Street trees View    
Wildlife      

Summary of Open Comments

Respondents were given the opportunity to provide comments at the end of the survey. Comments were made by 22 respondents (28% of the 79 completing the survey). Some topics mentioned by those who responded included the farmland and open space, growth and development, law enforcement, and the small-town feel of the community. Many people like living in North Logan.

Dominant themes in comments:

  • Growth and development too fast
  • Appreciation of the small-town feel and connected community
  • People value the farmland and open space

A Few Quotes

  • I love our city. The people are great and when there is an emergency, everyone joins together. I love where I live.
  • Having access to public lands and opportunities in the mountains is a huge asset to the community
  • I feel that we need more single-family homes with larger yard space in our city. I feel like the multifamily dwellings (apartments, townhomes, etc...) are going up so fast and our city is not prepared for the number of people that will be moving in.
  • If they keep building thousands of new houses on the wilderness foothills, then everything that makes North Logan cool is going to be gone. Already the wilderness areas and canyons are getting ruined.
  • I couldn't imagine a better place to live and the rural/ small town feel is a MAJOR factor that can never be overstated.
  

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