Jamestown vs Lebanon

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

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

Lebanon has the higher population (17,575 vs 1,225 in Jamestown). Jamestown has the higher median household income ($70,083 vs $63,773 in Lebanon). Jamestown has the higher median home value ($180,400 vs $179,200 in Lebanon).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Lebanon
Population	1,225	17,575
Median age	36.3 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,083	$63,773
Median home value	$180,400	$179,200
Median gross rent	$941	$900
Housing units	493	7,517
Homeownership rate	65.8%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Lebanon
Population	989 → 1,225 (+23.9%)	15,932 → 17,575 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $70,083 (+21.9%)	$53,020 → $63,773 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $180,400 (+51.9%)	$124,500 → $179,200 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $941 (+2.0%)	$787 → $900 (+14.4%)

Jamestown

Population

9891,225

Median household income

$57,500$70,083

Median home value

$118,800$180,400

Median gross rent

$923$941

Lebanon

Population

15,93217,575

Median household income

$53,020$63,773

Median home value

$124,500$179,200

Median gross rent

$787$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Lebanon
Under 5	9.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	13.2%	11.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	16.9%
35 to 44	8.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	8.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	8.7%
75 and over	2.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Lebanon
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	88.2%
Black or African American	3.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Lebanon
No high school diploma	6.4%	11.2%
High school graduate	33.3%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Lebanon
Drove alone	88.2%	75.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	11.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Lebanon
1-unit, detached	75.7%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	13.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Lebanon
Poverty rate	4.5%	8.2%
Average household size	2.57	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1958	1975