Lebanon is a very small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 4,628 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lebanon is the 358th largest community in Illinois.

6.16% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Lebanon. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Public Service and Education industries respectively employ 14.61% and 14.56% of the civilian workforce.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Lebanon telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 23.02% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Lebanon is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Lebanon area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Lebanon maintain a good economy.

Lebanon’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

The citizens of Lebanon are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.70% of adults in Lebanon have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lebanon in 2022 was $38,263, which is middle income relative to Illinois, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $153,052 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. Important ancestries of people in Lebanon include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Lebanon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.