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SheetNH-LEBANON-NH · Lebanon, NH 14,759 pop · income 73rd pct · 11 tracts
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 Lebanon
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lebanon on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Claremont · lowest
54,520
Claremont · lowest
54,520 median HH income
35.3% of the leader · rank #1
Fiskdale · near
92,273
Fiskdale · near
92,273 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #2
Lebanon · this city
92,288
Lebanon · this city
92,288 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #3
Wallsburg · near
92,292
Wallsburg · near
92,292 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #4
Hughson · near
92,303
Hughson · near
92,303 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #5
Pistakee High… · near
92,304
Pistakee High… · near
92,304 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #6
Whitefish Bay · highest
154,255
Whitefish Bay · highest
154,255 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Lebanon on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 14,759.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Lebanon - the verdict
Nationally, Lebanon sits in the 73rd percentile for household income and the 40th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
73rd
percentile, household income
71st
percentile, home value
86th
percentile, median rent
40th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Lebanon, NH
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 14,759 residents in Lebanon, a small town within New Hampshire. The typical household in Lebanon brings in $92,288 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.9%. Home values in Lebanon run a median of $345,100, and the median resident age is 38.6 years. Educational attainment runs 56.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 68.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 138 residential building permits were authorized in Lebanon (Building Boom), up 151% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Lebanon reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 1699.7 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). NOAA puts Lebanon's yearly average temperature at 46.0°F with 38.1 inches of precipitation per year.
New Hampshire carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 104.2 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,894 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts New Hampshire's average monthly utility costs around $307 (state average). Workers in Lebanon report an average commute of 12.2 minutes, with 59.8% driving alone and 20.8% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 69.9 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of 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 reported crime to comparison shortlist to climate and hazard context to schools and households to housing and income to population change to within-city variation to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Lebanon, city-specific coverage includes within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Lebanon?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1699.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 25% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Which cities make useful reference points for Lebanon?
Within New Hampshire, the closest population matches are Claremont (13,054 residents, $54,520 income); Laconia (16,982 residents, $68,427 income); Londonderry (12,307 residents, $113,109 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Worthington, OH (14,754 residents); Lockhart, FL (14,753 residents); Antioch, IL (14,751 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.
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 46.0°F, with 38.1 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for New Hampshire is 69.9 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 11 Census tracts to this city.
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.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Lebanon?
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 56.4% 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.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
4
Bachelor's degree+
56.4%
Poverty estimate
3.9%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Lebanon?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Household income
$92,288
Home value
$345,100
Value / income
3.7×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1,172 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +8.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 138 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+8.2%
2025 estimate
15,481
2020 estimate
14,309
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What does the journey to work look like in Lebanon?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 59.8%. The reported mean trip to work is 12.2 minutes.
Public transit
2.3%
Work from home
20.8%
Drive alone
59.8%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 8,602 workers age 16+.
Above median income · poverty 3.9% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
104.2 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New Hampshire average
B-
City profile score · Lebanon, NH
65/100
5 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.
Bachelor's+ share A
56.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B
3.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime B
96 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income B
$92,288
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
104.2 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Lebanon profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 89/100 (A) · 56.4%
Poverty rate: 72/100 (B) · 3.9%
Violent crime: 72/100 (B) · 96 /100k
Household income: 71/100 (B) · $92,288
Cost of living: 23/100 (F) · 104.2 index
Where Lebanon sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Lebanon's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Lebanon highlighted among 12 peers.Read the chart values
Lebanon, NH (this city): home $345,100, crime 1,700/100k
Worthington, OH : home $417,700, crime 1,410/100k
Antioch, IL : home $299,700, crime 570/100k
Whitefish Bay, WI : home $498,700, crime 949/100k
Hammonton, NJ : home $324,200, crime 1,315/100k
Morris, IL : home $244,400, crime 1,828/100k
Claremont, NH : home $171,900, crime 2,059/100k
Laconia, NH : home $308,800, crime 2,678/100k
Londonderry, NH : home $433,100, crime 486/100k
Somersworth, NH : home $295,800, crime 2,706/100k
Durham, NH : home $451,000, crime 265/100k
Exeter, NH : home $349,300, crime 580/100k
How does Lebanon compare to other US cities?
Lebanon measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income73% higher than other cities
Home value71% pricier than other cities
Median rent86% pricier than other cities
Safety40% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to New Hampshire alone, Lebanon ranks #40 of 53 New Hampshire cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Lebanon against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New Hampshire only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New Hampshire-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Lebanon near the bottom of New Hampshire's cities
Among the 100 New Hampshire cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lebanon ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lebanon only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#23 of 92
75th percentile in New Hampshire
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 100
0th percentile in New Hampshire
Median Home Value
#31 of 94
67th percentile in New Hampshire
Poverty Rate
#47 of 99
53rd percentile in New Hampshire
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#14 of 100
86th percentile in New Hampshire
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 New Hampshire only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
73rd percentile nationally for median household income · 40th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Lebanon's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Lebanon's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Lebanon's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$345,10029th percentilemore affordable than 29% 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
Lebanon's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,846 of 15,516
More affordable than 37% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,730 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.7×, Lebanon sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,846 of 15,516 and #1,730 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$92,288Lebanon, NH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lebanon, NH median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Lebanon, NH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)56.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)68.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
14,759
Median Income
$92,288
Median Home Value
$345,100
Median Age
38.6
Poverty Rate
3.9%
Labor force participation
68.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
56.4%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1699.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
95.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1604.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
46.0°F
Annual Precipitation
38.1"
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Lebanon's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
14,309 residents
2021
14,992 residents
2022
14,978 residents
2023
15,291 residents
2024
15,316 residents
2025
15,481 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
138
housing units authorized
Single-Family
34
detached homes
Multifamily
104
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
9.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
55
25
30
$11.8M
2020
344
9
335
$73.0M
2021
16
16
0
$4.1M
2022
260
10
250
$47.5M
2023
72
35
37
$15.1M
2024
138
34
104
$27.0M
Permit volume increased 151% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
12.2 minutes
Drive Alone
59.8%
Carpool
13.4%
Public Transit
2.3%
Walk
2.8%
Work from Home
20.8%
Other
0.9%
Based on 8,602 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New Hampshire statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $307
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New Hampshire at $307 (electricity about $150 , water and sewer about $52 ).
These are New Hampshire statewide averages, not a meter reading for Lebanon. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New Hampshire's BEA cost-of-living index is 104.2 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Lebanon is $1,894/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New Hampshire statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 69.9 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New Hampshire statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Lebanon sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Lebanon compares to similar-size New Hampshire 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, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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.