Rising Sun-Lebanon vs Smyrna

A side-by-side comparison of Rising Sun-Lebanon and Smyrna: population, income, housing, and more.

Rising Sun-Lebanon and Smyrna are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Smyrna has the higher population (13,031 vs 4,195 in Rising Sun-Lebanon). Rising Sun-Lebanon has the higher median household income ($109,167 vs $70,473 in Smyrna). Rising Sun-Lebanon has the higher median home value ($388,600 vs $273,400 in Smyrna).

Population, income & housing

	Rising Sun-Lebanon	Smyrna
Population	4,195	13,031
Median age	31.9 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$109,167	$70,473
Median home value	$388,600	$273,400
Median gross rent	$1,749	$1,398
Housing units	1,242	5,227
Homeownership rate	63.4%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rising Sun-Lebanon	Smyrna
Population	4,065 → 4,195 (+3.2%)	11,484 → 13,031 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$72,273 → $109,167 (+51.0%)	$67,277 → $70,473 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$293,300 → $388,600 (+32.5%)	$206,400 → $273,400 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,350 → $1,749 (+29.6%)	$1,110 → $1,398 (+25.9%)

Rising Sun-Lebanon

Population

4,0654,195

Median household income

$72,273$109,167

Median home value

$293,300$388,600

Median gross rent

$1,350$1,749

Smyrna

Population

11,48413,031

Median household income

$67,277$70,473

Median home value

$206,400$273,400

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rising Sun-Lebanon	Smyrna
Under 5	8.7%	10.9%
5 to 17	23.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	2.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	20.9%	17.4%
35 to 44	7.7%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.2%
75 and over	3.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rising Sun-Lebanon	Smyrna
White (non-Hispanic)	55.2%	54.9%
Black or African American	30.6%	30.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rising Sun-Lebanon	Smyrna
No high school diploma	11.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	29.4%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rising Sun-Lebanon	Smyrna
Drove alone	80.8%	80.2%
Carpooled	12.2%	6.1%
Public transit	2.5%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	11.5%
Other means	2.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rising Sun-Lebanon	Smyrna
1-unit, detached	68.8%	46.4%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	31.4%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Rising Sun-Lebanon	Smyrna
Poverty rate	7.5%	8.8%
Average household size	3.37	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	2002	2002