Lebanon vs Thorntown

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

Lebanon and Thorntown 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 1,155 in Thorntown). Thorntown has the higher median household income ($69,875 vs $63,773 in Lebanon). Lebanon has the higher median home value ($179,200 vs $173,400 in Thorntown).

Population, income & housing

	Lebanon	Thorntown
Population	17,575	1,155
Median age	33.7 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,773	$69,875
Median home value	$179,200	$173,400
Median gross rent	$900	$871
Housing units	7,517	495
Homeownership rate	68.9%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lebanon	Thorntown
Population	15,932 → 17,575 (+10.3%)	1,231 → 1,155 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$53,020 → $63,773 (+20.3%)	$50,515 → $69,875 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$124,500 → $179,200 (+43.9%)	$106,800 → $173,400 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	$787 → $900 (+14.4%)	$791 → $871 (+10.1%)

Lebanon

Population

15,93217,575

Median household income

$53,020$63,773

Median home value

$124,500$179,200

Median gross rent

$787$900

Thorntown

Population

1,2311,155

Median household income

$50,515$69,875

Median home value

$106,800$173,400

Median gross rent

$791$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lebanon	Thorntown
Under 5	5.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	24.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	16.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	5.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	13.5%
75 and over	7.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lebanon	Thorntown
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	93.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lebanon	Thorntown
No high school diploma	11.2%	11.7%
High school graduate	30.4%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lebanon	Thorntown
Drove alone	75.8%	77.5%
Carpooled	10.1%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	11.8%	8.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lebanon	Thorntown
1-unit, detached	66.6%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Lebanon	Thorntown
Poverty rate	8.2%	9.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1975	1952