Why Logan Township Almost Never Adds New Homes, and Where the Sewer Map Says It Can

In 2025, Woolwich Township authorized 325 new housing units. Logan Township, its neighbor across the southern border, authorized one. Those are the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs year-end figures for 2025. If you're house hunting in both towns, that gap shapes your search more than any median price. In Logan you'll almost certainly buy a home that's already standing, and a new one comes on the market only when an owner decides to sell.

The usual explanation is that Logan is an industrial town with warehouses where subdivisions might have gone. The township's own affordable housing plan points to something else: where the sewer pipes run.

One Unit in Three Years

The permit counts have looked like this for a long time. Here's Logan next to its neighbor and two of Gloucester County's fastest-growing towns, using DCA's official tables.

So far, 2026 looks the same. The state's raw construction permit dataset, with data received through October 19, 2026, shows zero residential units gained on new-construction permits in Logan this year. DCA notes that this raw data is unaudited and can be incomplete.

This isn't a recent slowdown. Logan's 2020 Master Plan says only 8 building permits were issued for housing units in the township between 2010 and 2018, a drop of more than 93% from the 2000s. The same document says Woolwich grew its housing units at more than 21 times Logan's rate, much of that from the Weatherby planned development close to the Logan border.

Logan isn't short on land. The Master Plan lists it at 26.93 square miles, larger than Woolwich's 20.91. The question is why so little of that land produces houses.

The Sewer Service Area Decides Where Homes Can Go

New Jersey assigns every municipality an affordable housing obligation, and its plan for meeting that obligation has to show which land could realistically hold new homes. That makes these plans one of the clearest public records of what a town can actually build. Logan's amended 2025–2035 Housing Element and Fair Share Plan is filed in Gloucester County court, and its math goes in three steps.

1. The obligation. Logan's cumulative fair share is 1,209 units, combining the Prior Round (417), the Third Round (418) and the Fourth Round, 2025 to 2035 (374).
2. The land test. The township took its vacant parcels and removed preserved farmland, wetlands, flood hazard areas, parkland, sites hemmed in by industrial uses, parcels with no access or known contamination, and farmland in the state's environmentally sensitive planning area. What was left supports a "realistic development potential" of 785 units.
3. The pipe test. Of those 785 units, the parcels that sit inside the Sewer Service Area and "could relatively easily accommodate the construction of new housing" account for 121. The rest are outside the Sewer Service Area or lack access to public water and sewer. The township is postponing 621 units of its obligation through a "durational adjustment," a mechanism state rules allow when infrastructure isn't available.

Step three is what matters to a buyer. Logan has land that clears every planning screen. The sewer map is the last screen, and most of that land doesn't clear it. Under the plan, if new sewer or water capacity becomes available, the township will reserve it for affordable housing on a priority basis and endorse applications to the state Department of Environmental Protection for that capacity. The plan treats sewer expansion as a future possibility. It doesn't name a funded project or a date.

That also explains why the warehouse explanation is only part of the story. Industrial neighbors did knock some parcels off the list. The sewer map then deferred 621 units that had already passed every other test.

The Two Corners Where New Homes Are Planned

Because so little land can be built on, all of the new housing in Logan's plan sits on two township-owned sites facing each other along High Hill Road, one at Beckett Road and one at Harvest Road.

High Hill Commons, at High Hill Road and Beckett Road. This is a 7.2-acre site where Eastern Pacific Development, LLC proposed 60 affordable rental apartments in three buildings, plus a community building. The mix is 12 one-bedroom, 33 two-bedroom and 15 three-bedroom units. The project received preliminary site plan approval in August 2025. The township is contributing the land, which the plan values at $2,925,000. According to the township's Making Housing Affordable page, the developer applied to the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency for tax credit funding in September 2025.

Block 1703, Lot 12, at High Hill Road and Harvest Road. This is a vacant 5.82-acre corner directly across the street, and its redevelopment plan allows townhouses only, up to 22 units. The township's redeveloper request for proposals, issued September 28, 2026, calls for at least 22 deed-restricted, fee-simple townhomes for residents over 55. The RFP says the project should be built at a scale and density "consistent with Logan's continued efforts to revitalize its downtown." Each unit must be at least 1,200 square feet with an integrated garage. An October 15 addendum moved the proposal deadline to 10:00 a.m. on November 13, 2026. The housing plan says the township has committed $4,000,000 to the project on top of the value of the land.

Together that's 82 homes, all of them deed-restricted affordable housing. The plan gives the township a bonus credit for each one, which turns 82 units into 164 credits. Add the 621-unit durational adjustment and Logan reaches its 785-unit target. On June 18, 2026, Logan and Fair Share Housing Center submitted an executed consent order to the court. Their cover letter says it will represent final compliance certification once all of its conditions are completed.

The plan names no market-rate subdivision, and it adds no new homes anywhere else in the township.

What a Fixed Supply Means When You're Shopping

NJ REALTORS® and Bright MLS don't publish Logan-only market numbers, so Gloucester County as a whole is the closest current benchmark. For single-family homes in September 2026, NJ REALTORS® reported:

• A $405,000 median sale price, up 8.0% from a year earlier
• 2.7 months of supply
• 32 days on market
• Sellers receiving 101.7% of list price on average

Bright MLS's September 2026 Philadelphia metro report, which covers all home types, puts the Gloucester County median at $385,000 with 2.34 months of supply. Both readings show a county running well under the inventory it would take to cool prices.

In much of the county, new construction adds to that inventory. Monroe authorized 216 units in 2025 and Woolwich authorized 325. In those towns a buyer who loses a bidding war on a resale can still look at a builder's next phase. Logan buyers don't have that second option. Every market-rate home for sale there is a resale, so Logan's inventory depends almost entirely on whether current owners decide to sell. When county inventory is tight, a town with no new construction can't add supply to make up for it.

That changes how you shop in a few practical ways:

• Your search is a resale search. Look at a Logan home's age and condition the way a resale buyer would. You won't get a builder's warranty or pick your own finishes, because those homes aren't being built.
• Ask about sewer and water at the address level. The township's own housing plan describes parts of Logan that are outside the Sewer Service Area or lack public water and sewer. Before you write an offer, confirm how the specific property is served.
• The skyline at High Hill Road is set. A home near High Hill, Beckett or Harvest Road is close to the only new residential construction in the township's plan, and you can read the scale of that construction now in the site plan and RFP documents.

Quick Answers

Is Logan Township building any new market-rate homes? DCA's tables show 0 housing units authorized in 2024 and 1 in 2025. The new housing in the township's plan is the 82 affordable units at High Hill Road.

Who can apply for the affordable units? On its Making Housing Affordable page, the township says affordable housing is open to applicants from anywhere in the United States, not only Logan residents. It says selection is typically done by random lottery through an approved Affordable Housing Administrator, and it publishes the income limits that apply.

Could more land open up for housing later? The plan ties any change to sewer capacity. If capacity becomes available, the township says it will reserve it for affordable housing on a priority basis.

This post is general information, not legal or financial advice. If an affordable housing rule or a property's utility service affects your decision, confirm the details for your situation with the township, an attorney or another qualified professional.

If you're weighing Logan against Woolwich or another nearby town, Haley's Homes can walk you through which Logan homes are actually coming to market, how each one is served by sewer and water, and how to price an offer in a town where new supply depends on owners selling. Get your instant home valuation or schedule a neighborhood consultation.