Lebanon vs Scott AFB

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

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

Lebanon has the higher population (4,431 vs 4,195 in Scott AFB). Scott AFB has the higher median household income ($91,115 vs $84,766 in Lebanon). Since 2019, Scott AFB's population has grown faster (+45.0% vs +0.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Lebanon	Scott AFB
Population	4,431	4,195
Median age	33.0 yrs	26.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,766	$91,115
Median home value	$146,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,640
Housing units	2,028	1,371
Homeownership rate	58.9%	2.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lebanon	Scott AFB
Population	4,418 → 4,431 (+0.3%)	2,893 → 4,195 (+45.0%)
Median household income	$60,962 → $84,766 (+39.0%)	$60,660 → $91,115 (+50.2%)
Median home value	$119,900 → $146,600 (+22.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$840 → $1,125 (+33.9%)	$1,441 → $1,640 (+13.8%)

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

Scott AFB

Population

2,8934,195

Median household income

$60,660$91,115

Median gross rent

$1,441$1,640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lebanon	Scott AFB
Under 5	0.5%	13.1%
5 to 17	8.0%	27.9%
18 to 24	29.5%	3.9%
25 to 34	15.8%	24.2%
35 to 44	5.1%	18.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	6.3%
55 to 64	8.7%	4.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	0.7%
75 and over	8.4%	0.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lebanon	Scott AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	61.8%
Black or African American	14.3%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lebanon	Scott AFB
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	15.6%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lebanon	Scott AFB
Drove alone	67.4%	83.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	24.2%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lebanon	Scott AFB
1-unit, detached	51.8%	15.9%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	70.2%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	2.2%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lebanon	Scott AFB
Poverty rate	7.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.22	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	21	13
Median year structure built	1995	1994