Lebanon vs Sweet Home

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

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

Lebanon has the higher population (18,978 vs 9,977 in Sweet Home). Sweet Home has the higher median household income ($59,479 vs $56,740 in Lebanon). Lebanon has the higher median home value ($295,900 vs $245,700 in Sweet Home).

Population, income & housing

	Lebanon	Sweet Home
Population	18,978	9,977
Median age	37.3 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,740	$59,479
Median home value	$295,900	$245,700
Median gross rent	$1,274	$1,135
Housing units	7,997	4,203
Homeownership rate	56.4%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lebanon	Sweet Home
Population	16,870 → 18,978 (+12.5%)	9,619 → 9,977 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$45,642 → $56,740 (+24.3%)	$43,589 → $59,479 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$177,900 → $295,900 (+66.3%)	$153,000 → $245,700 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,274 (+35.8%)	$934 → $1,135 (+21.5%)

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

Sweet Home

Population

9,6199,977

Median household income

$43,589$59,479

Median home value

$153,000$245,700

Median gross rent

$934$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lebanon	Sweet Home
Under 5	3.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.6%
75 and over	9.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lebanon	Sweet Home
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lebanon	Sweet Home
No high school diploma	8.9%	17.5%
High school graduate	32.1%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lebanon	Sweet Home
Drove alone	76.5%	75.6%
Carpooled	14.2%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.8%
Other means	2.4%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lebanon	Sweet Home
1-unit, detached	58.0%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Lebanon	Sweet Home
Poverty rate	16.0%	17.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1979	1973