With 17,812 people, Lebanon is a city in Indiana. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 22% of adults. This skews young, with a median age of 34.6. 3% of residents were born outside the United States. The typical home is worth $195,600, having more than doubled since 2000. Growth has run 25% since 2000, or 3,590 more people.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $65,154, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 34.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
22% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Lebanon
What changed most since 1990
White share98.5% → 88.0%(−10.5 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree13.4% → 21.7%(+8.3 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Lebanon's population equals 24% of Boone County's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 9.7% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 51% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)27.8%(234)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)13.1%(110)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era34.3%(289)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.6%(30)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 842 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Lebanon, decade by decade
Lebanon population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
12,063
$61,291
$123,124
13.4%
3.7
2000
14,222
$68,842
$162,127
14.5%
7.9
2010
15,792
$66,662
$162,127
17.7%
13.6
2020
16,662
$65,644
$164,474
25.9%
25.7
2024
17,812
$65,154
$195,600
21.7%
27.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
