Conway vs Lebanon

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

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

Lebanon has the higher population (15,157 vs 654 in Conway). Lebanon has the higher median household income ($42,157 vs $34,153 in Conway). Lebanon has the higher median home value ($152,200 vs $78,800 in Conway).

Population, income & housing

	Conway	Lebanon
Population	654	15,157
Median age	40.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,153	$42,157
Median home value	$78,800	$152,200
Median gross rent	$795	$814
Housing units	318	6,890
Homeownership rate	63.8%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conway	Lebanon
Population	713 → 654 (-8.3%)	14,652 → 15,157 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$40,526 → $34,153 (-15.7%)	$39,911 → $42,157 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $78,800 (+12.6%)	$99,800 → $152,200 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $795 (+55.0%)	$666 → $814 (+22.2%)

Conway

Population

713654

Median household income

$40,526$34,153

Median home value

$70,000$78,800

Median gross rent

$513$795

Lebanon

Population

14,65215,157

Median household income

$39,911$42,157

Median home value

$99,800$152,200

Median gross rent

$666$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conway	Lebanon
Under 5	10.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.7%
75 and over	14.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conway	Lebanon
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conway	Lebanon
No high school diploma	23.9%	13.9%
High school graduate	55.5%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conway	Lebanon
Drove alone	82.8%	79.0%
Carpooled	10.7%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	4.3%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conway	Lebanon
1-unit, detached	76.7%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Conway	Lebanon
Poverty rate	20.4%	20.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1973	1979