Lebanon is a medium-sized city located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 26,473 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Lebanon is the 30th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Lebanon was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lebanon is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lebanon is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lebanon who work in sales jobs (12.00%), office and administrative support (10.05%), and food service (6.40%). Also of interest is that Lebanon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The percentage of people in Lebanon with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.51% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Lebanon in 2022 was $24,306, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,224 for a family of four. However, Lebanon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lebanon is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lebanon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lebanon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lebanon also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 43.93% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lebanon include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Pennsylvania German. The most common language spoken in Lebanon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
