Lebanon vs Loretto

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

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

Lebanon has the higher population (6,364 vs 730 in Loretto). Loretto has the higher median household income ($59,028 vs $39,483 in Lebanon). Loretto has the higher median home value ($178,300 vs $130,100 in Lebanon).

Population, income & housing

	Lebanon	Loretto
Population	6,364	730
Median age	34.9 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,483	$59,028
Median home value	$130,100	$178,300
Median gross rent	$702	$775
Housing units	2,809	331
Homeownership rate	55.5%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lebanon	Loretto
Population	5,644 → 6,364 (+12.8%)	771 → 730 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$30,031 → $39,483 (+31.5%)	$41,979 → $59,028 (+40.6%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $130,100 (+40.5%)	$108,100 → $178,300 (+64.9%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $702 (+18.6%)	$590 → $775 (+31.4%)

Lebanon

Population

5,6446,364

Median household income

$30,031$39,483

Median home value

$92,600$130,100

Median gross rent

$592$702

Loretto

Population

771730

Median household income

$41,979$59,028

Median home value

$108,100$178,300

Median gross rent

$590$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lebanon	Loretto
Under 5	8.0%	13.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	9.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	16.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	18.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.2%
75 and over	8.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lebanon	Loretto
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	97.5%
Black or African American	16.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lebanon	Loretto
No high school diploma	17.5%	12.7%
High school graduate	42.8%	53.6%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lebanon	Loretto
Drove alone	89.4%	92.1%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	1.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lebanon	Loretto
1-unit, detached	67.9%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Lebanon	Loretto
Poverty rate	31.6%	9.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	17	31
Median year structure built	1968	1974