Where students live
Logan's student market runs north and east of campus along 600 East, 700 East and 800 East, where The Factory, Old Farm, Oakridge, Stadium Crossing and the Chocolate House properties all sit within a fifteen-minute walk. Canyon Road and 400 East hold the conventional market-rate buildings. The structural thing to understand is the zoning, which USU explains itself: properties zoned Campus Residential may house up to six unrelated people, two per bedroom; everything else is Neighborhood Residential, capped at three unrelated people. That is why Logan is dominated by five and six-bedroom shared houses leased by the bed rather than conventional two-bedroom apartments — and why a cheap four-person share in the wrong zone is illegal occupancy. Ask for the zoning designation in writing. Cache Valley transit is fare-free for everyone, no pass and no student fee, so a car is genuinely optional.
Heads up — this school breaks the usual rules
- USU publishes its Twin XL as 36" x 80" x 6" — two inches narrower than the retail standard, on eleven-plus separate pages. The 6-inch thickness matters too: deep-pocket sheets cut for 12 to 15 inches will be very loose.
- Blue Square private rooms are FULL, published as 54" x 74" — and USU tells students to buy QUEEN sheets. A queen is 60" x 80". Following USU's own advice gets you sheets six inches too wide and six too long. Buy Full.
- There is no live-on requirement at all. No first-year rule, no radius, no exemption process, because there is nothing to be exempt from. What USU has instead are age restrictions: Blue Square, Darwin and Lundstrom East are 19-plus.
- The cheapest room on campus is a trap. Richards Hall at $1,640 a semester looks like the bargain, but the meal plan is compulsory there at a minimum $1,400 — a true floor of $3,040, more than Morgan or Davis at $2,480 with no meal plan required.
- Scentsy-style wax and candle warmers are banned by brand name, alongside a 25-foot drone exclusion zone around every building and a ban on plastic, aluminium or paper stove liners.
- Alcohol and all tobacco are banned regardless of age, in every building, with smoking pushed 25 feet from entrances.
- Lofting and bunking are both banned, and only Canyon Crest, Central Suites and Ridge Point publish under-bed clearance — 30 inches, which is generous. No other hall publishes a bed height at all.
- USU still publishes rates for a demolished building. The 2025-26 rates PDF lists Mountain View Tower at $1,490 to $2,650 a semester; the building's own page says demolition began in 2025.
Buying the standard college checklist here will waste money — and if you are in Blue Square, ignore the university's sheet advice entirely.
Apartments & rentals students actually use
| Community | Distance | Units & rates | Furnished? | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Hills The cheapest advertised per-person rate in Logan — but sub-$400 in this market almost always means a shared bedroom, two students to a room, which is not comparable to the private rooms below. Aggregator listing only, no property-site confirmation | 546 & 560 N 600 E · walking distance | Shared rooms in student apartments From $328–$339 per person · unverified | Not published | findmyplace.co |
| Auburn Heights Terrace Same caveat as Autumn Hills — a third-party figure with no property confirmation, and at this price point expect to share a bedroom | 755 E 800 N · walking distance | Student apartments From $367 per person · unverified | Not published | findmyplace.co |
| The Factory The largest purpose-built student community in Logan, leased by the bed. Its own FAQ says the average is about $600 a person; aggregators quote $399 to $695. Three sources, three ranges — treat the low end as a teaser | 870 N 600 E · 0.2 mi per the property, 0.8 mi per apartments.com | 3, 4, 5 and 6-bed flats $399–$695 per bed · 1,242–1,695 sq ft per unit | Some furnished | 900factory.com |
| Oakridge Student Housing Every bedroom is private and furnished down to the couch, desk, dresser, coffee table and barstools — about 350 sq ft per bedroom. Already full for the 2026-27 year, which tells you how early Logan clears | 1355 N 800 E · distance not published | 4BR/2BA, all private bedrooms $594+ per bed · ~350 sq ft per bedroom | Fully furnished | allinclusivestudenthousing.com |
| Chocolate House — Clarksburg The cheapest per-bed rate confirmed on a property's own website — private bedroom and private bath, furnished, $80 a month flat for utilities on top. Note the term penalty: the same room on a 9-month contract is $750, a 20% premium for skipping summer | 677 E 600 N · minutes on foot | Private bedroom + private bath in a shared apartment $625/mo (12-month) or $750/mo (9-month) · +$80 utilities | Furnished | thechocohouse.com |
| Chocolate House — Stoneleigh / Breslaw The step up from Clarksburg — same private bedroom and bath arrangement, newer stock, $150 a month more | 675 & 679 E 600 N · minutes on foot | Private bedroom + private bath in a shared apartment $775/mo (12-month) or $930/mo (9-month) · +$80 utilities | Furnished | thechocohouse.com |
| Old Farm Student Housing The biggest complex in Logan at 482 beds across 97 townhouse-style units, six beds each with shared bedrooms. The property publishes no rates on its own site and the aggregators disagree wildly, so call | 777 E 1000 N · 0.5–0.7 mi | 6-bed townhouses, shared bedrooms Not published by the property | Fully furnished | digthefarm.com |
| Stadium Crossing Right across the street from campus and the closest option on this list — private and shared rooms, utilities a flat $65 a month per person. Sold out for 2026-27 | 1251 N 800 E · across from campus | Private and shared rooms Not published · utilities $65/mo per person | Not published | mystadiumcrossing.com |
| Cambridge Court A conventional market-rate building, not student housing — one aggregator labels it by-the-bed but the property does not, and at $1,269 on Canyon Road it reads as a whole-unit rent. Watch the fees: $45 application, $300 deposit and a $349 lease initiation charge before you move in | 590 Canyon Rd · ~1.3 mi | Not published From $1,200–$1,295 per unit | Not published | cambridgecourtut.com |
Details compiled from public listings and property sites, August 2026. Rates and availability change every lease season — verify everything with the property.
How it compares to a dorm
USU's cheapest genuinely cheap room is Morgan, Davis or Merrill at $2,480 a semester with no required meal plan — about $551 a month over a four-and-a-half month term, utilities, internet and laundry included. That is the number to beat, and it is a hard one: the Chocolate House at $625 plus $80 utilities is $705 a month, and Oakridge at $594 is close but full. Richards at $1,640 looks cheaper until the compulsory $1,400 meal plan takes it to $3,040. The honest summary for Logan is that on-campus and off-campus are unusually close on price, so the decision turns on the twelve-month lease, the summer, and whether you want a private bedroom.
What you'll need
Most Logan student properties come furnished — the Chocolate House, Oakridge and Old Farm all are — so you are shopping soft goods and kitchen. The conventional buildings are not. One USU-specific note: not one off-campus property in Logan publishes its bed size, so measure on move-in day before buying sheets, and remember USU's own beds are a narrow 36 inches and only 6 inches thick, so nothing you owned on campus is a safe guide. The appliance rules relax completely off campus: the Scentsy warmer ban, the 1,500-watt cap, the alcohol and tobacco bans and the no-bunking rule all disappear. Buy a scraper and proper winter gear — Logan bans overnight street parking from 15 November to 15 March.
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