City safety & data profile

LebanonIN

Lebanon, IN is a 16K-resident city in Boone County with a median household income of $65,154.

Boone County, Indiana. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Lebanon, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Lebanon has a population larger than 31% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $195,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

16K
Population (place)
Bottom 32%
By size
$65,154
Median income (place)
$195,600
Median home (place)
7.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lebanon

Lebanon posts a median household income higher than 30% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Lebanon area.

Bottom 31%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Lebanon

Where Lebanon income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$65,154 Bottom 30% higher than 30% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Lebanon $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in IN

Population among 79 IN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Indianapolis is the largest IN city on this list; Zionsville leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in IN

Median household income among the same 79-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Zionsville posts the highest place-level median income in IN; Indianapolis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Lebanon, IN beyond the headline numbers

Lebanon sits inside Boone County, Indiana, at roughly 40.05°N, -86.47°W. Population 15,892, $65,154 median household income. Median home value $195,600, median rent $962. Poverty rate 7.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Lebanon, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 7.9%, poverty in Lebanon, IN runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Lebanon runs about 3.0 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

12.9% of Lebanon workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 16.4% in Lebanon, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Lebanon workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Lebanon's median age is 34.6 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Lebanon from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
15,892
Lebanon · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$65,154
-27% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$195,600
-53% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Boone County): Lebanon's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
75K+29%
Median Income
$111,250+65%
Median Home Value
$376,200+110%
Poverty Rate
4.5%-40%
Unemployment
2.8%-42%

Economics

Economics indicators for Lebanon, IN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$962/mo
Poverty Rate
7.9% -36% vs avg
Unemployment 3.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 21.7%
Work From Home 12.9%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 89.3%
African American 0.9%
Asian 0.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
36.8%
Obesity
36.2%
Short Sleep Duration
33.6%
Physical Inactivity
24.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
18%
Current Smoking
16.4%
Binge Drinking
16.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.4%
Diabetes
12.7%
Current Asthma
11.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 61.7%
Annual Checkup 79.8%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.9%
Stroke
3.5%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
1
★★★
0
★★
0
0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
WITHAM HEALTH SERVICES
LEBANON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Lebanon?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Lebanon right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet IN-LEBANON-IN · Lebanon

Lebanon: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Lebanon; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Indiana state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Lebanon, IN?
Lebanon, IN has a population of 15,892 people, located in Boone County, Indiana.
What is the median household income in Lebanon?
The median household income in Lebanon, IN is $65,154 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.9%.
What is the median home value in Lebanon?
The median home value in Lebanon, IN is $195,600. Median rent is $962/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lebanon?
The top health indicators in Lebanon include High Blood Pressure (36.8%), Obesity (36.2%), Short Sleep Duration (33.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Lebanon?
Lebanon has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Lebanon?
The median age in Lebanon, IN is 34.6 years. 21.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Lebanon, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside IN (7.9% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside IN ($65,154 here).

Compare Lebanon with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Lebanon's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Lebanon area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Lebanon against Indiana peers on any ranking lens. Explore Indiana

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Boone County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.