Lebanon vs Palmyra

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

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

Lebanon has the higher population (26,600 vs 7,769 in Palmyra). Palmyra has the higher median household income ($71,018 vs $47,439 in Lebanon). Palmyra has the higher median home value ($211,900 vs $143,200 in Lebanon).

Population, income & housing

	Lebanon	Palmyra
Population	26,600	7,769
Median age	38.4 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,439	$71,018
Median home value	$143,200	$211,900
Median gross rent	$1,024	$1,058
Housing units	11,651	3,099
Homeownership rate	46.1%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lebanon	Palmyra
Population	25,793 → 26,600 (+3.1%)	7,536 → 7,769 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$39,427 → $47,439 (+20.3%)	$51,643 → $71,018 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$96,100 → $143,200 (+49.0%)	$149,100 → $211,900 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $1,024 (+26.6%)	$889 → $1,058 (+19.0%)

Lebanon

Population

25,79326,600

Median household income

$39,427$47,439

Median home value

$96,100$143,200

Median gross rent

$809$1,024

Palmyra

Population

7,5367,769

Median household income

$51,643$71,018

Median home value

$149,100$211,900

Median gross rent

$889$1,058

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lebanon	Palmyra
Under 5	7.2%	8.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	16.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	8.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.6%
75 and over	6.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lebanon	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	48.0%	77.7%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	45.3%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lebanon	Palmyra
No high school diploma	17.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	44.5%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lebanon	Palmyra
Drove alone	71.8%	71.9%
Carpooled	12.4%	9.9%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	15.7%
Other means	2.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lebanon	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	33.3%	44.6%
1-unit, attached	33.1%	21.1%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	4.4%
20 or more units	6.2%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Lebanon	Palmyra
Poverty rate	22.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1944	1957