Lebanon vs Smith Center

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

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

Smith Center has the higher population (1,585 vs 188 in Lebanon). Smith Center has the higher median household income ($53,963 vs $38,125 in Lebanon). Smith Center has the higher median home value ($84,600 vs $36,300 in Lebanon).

Population, income & housing

	Lebanon	Smith Center
Population	188	1,585
Median age	52.8 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$38,125	$53,963
Median home value	$36,300	$84,600
Median gross rent	$550	$646
Housing units	120	805
Homeownership rate	90.1%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lebanon	Smith Center
Population	252 → 188 (-25.4%)	1,477 → 1,585 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$34,688 → $38,125 (+9.9%)	$38,258 → $53,963 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$27,000 → $36,300 (+34.4%)	$64,700 → $84,600 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $550 (-30.2%)	$487 → $646 (+32.6%)

Lebanon

Population

252188

Median household income

$34,688$38,125

Median home value

$27,000$36,300

Median gross rent

$788$550

Smith Center

Population

1,4771,585

Median household income

$38,258$53,963

Median home value

$64,700$84,600

Median gross rent

$487$646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lebanon	Smith Center
Under 5	4.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	3.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	5.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	5.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	15.1%
65 to 74	14.4%	16.2%
75 and over	12.2%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lebanon	Smith Center
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lebanon	Smith Center
No high school diploma	6.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	43.5%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lebanon	Smith Center
Drove alone	56.4%	77.0%
Carpooled	28.7%	11.8%
Public transit	6.4%	0.3%
Walked	2.1%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	6.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lebanon	Smith Center
1-unit, detached	95.0%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Lebanon	Smith Center
Poverty rate	7.4%	11.2%
Average household size	2.07	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	22	10
Median year structure built	1938	1956