City safety & data profile

LebanonTN

Lebanon, TN is a 30K-resident city in Wilson County with a median household income of $72,848.

Wilson County, Tennessee. 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 63% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $378,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

30K
Population (place)
Top 37%
By size
$72,848
Median income (place)
$378,400
Median home (place)
13.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lebanon

Lebanon posts a median household income higher than 40% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Lebanon area.

Bottom 41%
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)

$72,848 Bottom 40% higher than 40% 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 TN

Population among 58 TN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Memphis is the largest TN city on this list; Brentwood leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in TN

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Brentwood posts the highest place-level median income in TN; Memphis 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, TN beyond the headline numbers

Lebanon sits inside Wilson County, Tennessee, at roughly 36.21°N, -86.29°W. Population 30,262, $72,848 median household income. Median home value $378,400, median rent $1,306. Poverty rate 13.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

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

Poverty in Lebanon, TN stands at 13.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Lebanon runs about 5.2 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

13.4% 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: 16.6% in Lebanon, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Lebanon's median age is 35 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)
30,262
Lebanon · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$72,848
-19% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$378,400
-9% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Wilson 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
159K+36%
Median Income
$95,839+59%
Median Home Value
$428,000+125%
Poverty Rate
8%-22%
Unemployment
3.2%-60%

Economics

Economics indicators for Lebanon, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,306/mo
Poverty Rate
13.1% +6% vs avg
Unemployment 2.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 30.8%
Work From Home 13.4%
Public Transit 0.3%

Population

White 72%
African American 12.2%
Asian 2.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
39.3%
High Blood Pressure
36.6%
Obesity
32.9%
Physical Inactivity
25.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.6%
Current Smoking
16.6%
Binge Drinking
15%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.5%
Diabetes
12.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
12%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 58.8%
Annual Checkup 78%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.5%
Stroke
3.5%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
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0
Average Rating
5/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
VANDERBILT WILSON COUNTY HOSPITAL
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 TN-LEBANON-TN · 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 Tennessee state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Lebanon, TN? ▼
Lebanon, TN has a population of 30,262 people, located in Wilson County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Lebanon? ▼
The median household income in Lebanon, TN is $72,848 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13.1%.
What is the median home value in Lebanon? ▼
The median home value in Lebanon, TN is $378,400. Median rent is $1,306/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lebanon? ▼
The top health indicators in Lebanon include Short Sleep Duration (39.3%), High Blood Pressure (36.6%), Obesity (32.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Lebanon? ▼
Lebanon has 1 hospital with an average rating of 5/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Lebanon? ▼
The median age in Lebanon, TN is 35 years. 30.8% 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 Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TN (13.1% here).

Fort Worth, TX 13.1% Largo, FL 13.1% Decatur, AL 13.1% Cathedral City, CA 13.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TN ($72,848 here).

Miami Beach, FL $72,856 Hutchinson, MN $72,836 Garden City, KS $72,865 Cleveland Heights, OH $72,826

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.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Mount Juliet, TN 32K Gallatin, TN 34K Smyrna, TN 47K Hermitage, TN 38K Hendersonville, TN 56K La Vergne, TN 35K Murfreesboro, TN 165K Portland, TN 12K
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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 Tennessee peers on any ranking lens. Explore Tennessee

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 (Wilson 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.