Lebanon vs Mascoutah

A side-by-side comparison of Lebanon and Mascoutah: population, income, housing, and more.

Lebanon and Mascoutah are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mascoutah has the higher population (8,743 vs 4,431 in Lebanon). Mascoutah has the higher median household income ($93,902 vs $84,766 in Lebanon). Mascoutah has the higher median home value ($226,300 vs $146,600 in Lebanon).

Population, income & housing

	Lebanon	Mascoutah
Population	4,431	8,743
Median age	33.0 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,766	$93,902
Median home value	$146,600	$226,300
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,235
Housing units	2,028	3,162
Homeownership rate	58.9%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lebanon	Mascoutah
Population	4,418 → 4,431 (+0.3%)	8,245 → 8,743 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$60,962 → $84,766 (+39.0%)	$78,468 → $93,902 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$119,900 → $146,600 (+22.3%)	$173,200 → $226,300 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $1,125 (+33.9%)	$993 → $1,235 (+24.4%)

Lebanon

Population

4,4184,431

Median household income

$60,962$84,766

Median home value

$119,900$146,600

Median gross rent

$840$1,125

Mascoutah

Population

8,2458,743

Median household income

$78,468$93,902

Median home value

$173,200$226,300

Median gross rent

$993$1,235

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lebanon	Mascoutah
Under 5	0.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	8.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	29.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	5.1%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	8.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.0%
75 and over	8.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lebanon	Mascoutah
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	77.8%
Black or African American	14.3%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.3%
Asian	0.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lebanon	Mascoutah
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	15.6%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lebanon	Mascoutah
Drove alone	67.4%	75.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	11.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.2%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lebanon	Mascoutah
1-unit, detached	51.8%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	5.3%
20 or more units	7.3%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Lebanon	Mascoutah
Poverty rate	7.0%	11.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1995	1986