Albany vs Lebanon

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

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

Albany has the higher population (56,773 vs 18,978 in Lebanon). Albany has the higher median household income ($73,809 vs $56,740 in Lebanon). Albany has the higher median home value ($352,900 vs $295,900 in Lebanon).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Lebanon
Population	56,773	18,978
Median age	37.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,809	$56,740
Median home value	$352,900	$295,900
Median gross rent	$1,311	$1,274
Housing units	22,552	7,997
Homeownership rate	59.4%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Lebanon
Population	53,521 → 56,773 (+6.1%)	16,870 → 18,978 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$60,624 → $73,809 (+21.7%)	$45,642 → $56,740 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$226,200 → $352,900 (+56.0%)	$177,900 → $295,900 (+66.3%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,311 (+35.7%)	$938 → $1,274 (+35.8%)

Albany

Population

53,52156,773

Median household income

$60,624$73,809

Median home value

$226,200$352,900

Median gross rent

$966$1,311

Lebanon

Population

16,87018,978

Median household income

$45,642$56,740

Median home value

$177,900$295,900

Median gross rent

$938$1,274

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Lebanon
Under 5	7.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	10.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.2%
75 and over	6.7%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Lebanon
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	1.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Lebanon
No high school diploma	7.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	23.3%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Lebanon
Drove alone	73.4%	76.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	14.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.9%	4.2%
Other means	1.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Lebanon
1-unit, detached	60.8%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	11.3%
20 or more units	6.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Lebanon
Poverty rate	13.3%	16.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1980	1979