Lebanon vs Phillipsburg

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

Lebanon and Phillipsburg 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 159 in Phillipsburg). Lebanon has the higher median household income ($42,157 vs $35,750 in Phillipsburg). Lebanon has the higher median home value ($152,200 vs $103,100 in Phillipsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Lebanon	Phillipsburg
Population	15,157	159
Median age	36.4 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,157	$35,750
Median home value	$152,200	$103,100
Median gross rent	$814	$798
Housing units	6,890	64
Homeownership rate	53.4%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lebanon	Phillipsburg
Population	14,652 → 15,157 (+3.4%)	158 → 159 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$39,911 → $42,157 (+5.6%)	$30,357 → $35,750 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $152,200 (+52.5%)	$62,900 → $103,100 (+63.9%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $814 (+22.2%)	$687 → $798 (+16.2%)

Lebanon

Population

14,65215,157

Median household income

$39,911$42,157

Median home value

$99,800$152,200

Median gross rent

$666$814

Phillipsburg

Population

158159

Median household income

$30,357$35,750

Median home value

$62,900$103,100

Median gross rent

$687$798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lebanon	Phillipsburg
Under 5	5.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	20.4%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	18.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	6.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	16.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.2%
75 and over	8.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lebanon	Phillipsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lebanon	Phillipsburg
No high school diploma	13.9%	9.3%
High school graduate	40.0%	61.7%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lebanon	Phillipsburg
Drove alone	79.0%	59.7%
Carpooled	13.2%	40.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lebanon	Phillipsburg
1-unit, detached	66.6%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	31.3%

Poverty & households

	Lebanon	Phillipsburg
Poverty rate	20.5%	13.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1979	1978