City safety & data profile

LebanonOR

Lebanon, OR is a 16K-resident city in Linn County with a median household income of $63,176.

Linn County, Oregon. 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 33% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $336,800, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

16K
Population (place)
Bottom 34%
By size
$63,176
Median income (place)
$336,800
Median home (place)
17.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lebanon

Lebanon posts a median household income higher than 27% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Lebanon area.

Bottom 28%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Lebanon

Composite score · Lebanon, OR

29/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024

A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Violent crime D
297 /100k

FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.

Household income F
$63,176

Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Poverty rate F
17.8%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Bachelor's+ share F
21.3%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Compare against every tracked city: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).

Where Lebanon income ranks nationally

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

$63,176 Bottom 27% higher than 27% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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

Each bar is a $20,000-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

OR cities ranked by population

57 OR places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this pool.

residents

What this shows Portland tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Bethany instead.

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

Highest median incomes in OR

Median household income across 57 tracked OR places. Hover a bar for its population rank.

median

What this shows Income honors go to Bethany here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Portland.

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

The quick read

Reading Lebanon, OR beyond the headline numbers

Lebanon sits inside Linn County, Oregon, at roughly 44.54°N, -122.91°W. Population 16,324, $63,176 median household income. Median home value $336,800, median rent $1,312. Poverty rate 17.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Lebanon, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 54.9°F annual average.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 13% in Lebanon, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

17.8% of Lebanon, OR residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Lebanon costs around 5.3 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Only 6% of Lebanon workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

21.3% of Lebanon adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.

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

Unemployment in Lebanon sits at 5.8%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Median rent in Lebanon, OR runs $1,312/month, below the midpoint for 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.

Looking Back a Decade 2013–2024

County-level trend (Linn 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
131K+11%
Median Income
$76,329+63%
Median Home Value
$376,400+117%
Poverty Rate
13%-27%
Unemployment
6%-44%

Economics

The clearest outlier in Lebanon's numbers is poverty rate: 17.8%, which is 44% above what's typical across the tracked-city set. Median household income runs 29% below average too, at $63,176.

Economics indicators for Lebanon, OR
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,312/mo
Poverty Rate
17.8% +44% vs avg
Unemployment 5.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 21.3%
Work From Home 6%
Public Transit 0%

By the Numbers

White 87.8%
African American 0.9%
Asian 1.9%

Health at a Glance 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
40.2%
Short Sleep Duration
36.2%
High Blood Pressure
33.5%
Physical Inactivity
23.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.4%
Binge Drinking
16.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.7%
Current Smoking
15.1%
Current Asthma
13%
Diabetes
11.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 58.6%
Annual Checkup 72.2%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.1%
Stroke
3.8%

Hospitals 1 total

CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
0
★★★
1
★★
0
0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
SAMARITAN LEBANON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
LEBANON · Critical Access Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 Normals
Avg Temperature
55°F
Annual Rainfall
N/A
Hot Months (>80°F)
2
Cold Months (<40°F)
0
49°
37°
Jan
-
53°
37°
Feb
-
58°
39°
Mar
-
62°
42°
Apr
-
69°
47°
May
-
76°
52°
Jun
-
85°
55°
Jul
-
86°
56°
Aug
-
79°
51°
Sep
-
65°
45°
Oct
-
54°
40°
Nov
-
47°
36°
Dec
-

Cost of Living

BEA 2024
102.1 Regional Price Parity

2.1% above national average

US avg
102.1

Metro area: Albany, OR (MSA)

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.

Flood Claims on Record

FEMA NFIP, county-level
15
Claims filed
$256K
Total paid out
AE
Most common flood zone

Since 2016, NFIP has paid out $256K across 15 flood insurance claims filed in Linn County.

Most claims in this county are not tied to a single named storm or hurricane in the NFIP record.

Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.

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 OR-LEBANON-OR · 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 Oregon state hubs · Methodology

Read with this city profile

What People Ask 9

What is the population of Lebanon, OR?
Lebanon, OR has a population of 16,324 people, located in Linn County, Oregon.
What is the median household income in Lebanon?
The median household income in Lebanon, OR is $63,176 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 17.8%.
What is the median home value in Lebanon?
The median home value in Lebanon, OR is $336,800. Median rent is $1,312/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lebanon?
The top health indicators in Lebanon include Obesity (40.2%), Short Sleep Duration (36.2%), High Blood Pressure (33.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Lebanon?
Lebanon has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Lebanon?
The median age in Lebanon, OR is 37.2 years. 21.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What is the climate like in Lebanon?
Lebanon has an average annual temperature of 54.9°F.
What is the cost of living in Lebanon?
The regional price parity for Lebanon is 102.1, meaning prices are 2.1% above the national average.
How many flood insurance claims has Linn County filed?
Linn County, Oregon has recorded 15 NFIP flood insurance claims since 2016, totaling $256K in payouts. This is county-level data: FEMA does not attribute individual claims to a specific city.

Cities nationwide with a comparable poverty or income figure 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (17.8% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($63,176 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

Turning this into a research checklist

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 Oregon peers on any ranking lens. Explore Oregon

Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.

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 (Linn 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 2026-09-16.