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.Lebanon is a military town: the armed forces employs 6.16% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Public Service and Education are important in the local economy and are the city’s largest civilian employers, employing 14.61% and 14.56% of the civilian workforce respectively. 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 23.02% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. The overall crime rate in Lebanon is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.The population of Lebanon is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 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.
