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SheetIN-WEST-LEBANON-IN · West Lebanon, IN 860 pop · income 48th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around West Lebanon
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest West Lebanon on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
St. Mary of t… · lowest
19,141
St. Mary of t… · lowest
19,141 median HH income
11.8% of the leader · rank #1
West Lebanon · this city
68,594
West Lebanon · this city
68,594 median HH income
42.3% of the leader · rank #2
Creola · near
68,594
Creola · near
68,594 median HH income
42.3% of the leader · rank #3
Cody · near
68,594
Cody · near
68,594 median HH income
42.3% of the leader · rank #4
Zuehl · near
68,594
Zuehl · near
68,594 median HH income
42.3% of the leader · rank #5
Shenandoah · near
68,594
Shenandoah · near
68,594 median HH income
42.3% of the leader · rank #6
Oaks · highest
162,308
Oaks · highest
162,308 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for West Lebanon on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 860.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, West Lebanon lands in the 48th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
48th
percentile, household income
14th
percentile, home value
27th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: West Lebanon, IN
860 people live in West Lebanon, Indiana - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $68,594 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 1.3%. Typical homes in West Lebanon are valued around $111,500, and the median resident age is 53.1 years. 6.0% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 54.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 2 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Living costs in Indiana run below the national norm: the state registers 93.3 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,096 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Indiana's average monthly utility costs around $235 (state average). Workers in West Lebanon report an average commute of 30.7 minutes, with 90.0% driving alone and 0.5% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 45.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of West Lebanon's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For West Lebanon, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for West Lebanon?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 6.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Which cities make useful reference points for West Lebanon?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Indiana, the closest population matches are Lyons (862 residents, $57,917 income); Van Buren (858 residents, $49,000 income); Enchanted Hills (867 residents, $67,642 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Hondah, AZ (860 residents); Brownsdale, MN (860 residents); Big Point, MS (860 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in West Lebanon?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 90.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 30.7 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
How far does income reach against housing in West Lebanon?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is West Lebanon growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.1% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
2020 estimate
684
2025 estimate
685
Period change
+0.1%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Below median income · poverty 1.3% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
93.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Indiana average
C
City profile score · West Lebanon, IN
55/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
1.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living B
93.3 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income D
$68,594
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
6.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
West Lebanon profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 91/100 (A+) · 1.3%
Cost of living: 72/100 (B) · 93.3 index
Household income: 47/100 (D) · $68,594
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 6.0%
How does West Lebanon compare to other US cities?
Here's how West Lebanon stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income48% higher than other cities
Home value14% pricier than other cities
Median rent27% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares West Lebanon against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Indiana only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Indiana-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places West Lebanon near the bottom of Indiana's cities
Among the 850 Indiana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, West Lebanon ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares West Lebanon only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#286 of 766
63rd percentile in Indiana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 850
0th percentile in Indiana
Median Home Value
#513 of 771
33rd percentile in Indiana
Poverty Rate
#622 of 849
27th percentile in Indiana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#701 of 850
17th percentile in Indiana
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Indiana only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
48th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How West Lebanon's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$111,500Among the most affordablemore affordable than 86% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. 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 ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
West Lebanon's home-value-to-income ratio: 1.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#607 of 15,516
More affordable than 96% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#593 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 1.6×, West Lebanon sits in the affordable band:
national rank #607 of 15,516 and #593 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$68,594West Lebanon, IN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context West Lebanon, IN median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for West Lebanon, IN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)6.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)54.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
860
Median Income
$68,594
Median Home Value
$111,500
Median Age
53.1
Poverty Rate
1.3%
Labor force participation
54.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
6.0%
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
West Lebanon's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
684 residents
2021
683 residents
2022
688 residents
2023
689 residents
2024
685 residents
2025
685 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
30.7 minutes
Drive Alone
90.0%
Carpool
9.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.5%
Based on 421 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Indiana statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $235
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Indiana at $235 (electricity about $110 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Indiana statewide averages, not a meter reading for West Lebanon. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Indiana's BEA cost-of-living index is 93.3 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around West Lebanon is $1,096/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Indiana statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 45.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Indiana statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county West Lebanon sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How West Lebanon compares to similar-size Indiana cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.