Lebanon vs Watertown

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

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

Lebanon has the higher population (41,951 vs 1,511 in Watertown). Lebanon has the higher median household income ($71,320 vs $62,991 in Watertown). Lebanon has the higher median home value ($359,300 vs $228,400 in Watertown).

Population, income & housing

	Lebanon	Watertown
Population	41,951	1,511
Median age	35.7 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,320	$62,991
Median home value	$359,300	$228,400
Median gross rent	$1,210	$1,036
Housing units	16,967	652
Homeownership rate	60.2%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lebanon	Watertown
Population	33,159 → 41,951 (+26.5%)	1,684 → 1,511 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$54,228 → $71,320 (+31.5%)	$47,257 → $62,991 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$223,600 → $359,300 (+60.7%)	$119,600 → $228,400 (+91.0%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,210 (+33.0%)	$850 → $1,036 (+21.9%)

Lebanon

Population

33,15941,951

Median household income

$54,228$71,320

Median home value

$223,600$359,300

Median gross rent

$910$1,210

Watertown

Population

1,6841,511

Median household income

$47,257$62,991

Median home value

$119,600$228,400

Median gross rent

$850$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lebanon	Watertown
Under 5	7.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	16.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	17.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.5%
75 and over	7.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lebanon	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	82.2%
Black or African American	10.8%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	4.6%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lebanon	Watertown
No high school diploma	8.4%	11.0%
High school graduate	32.6%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lebanon	Watertown
Drove alone	74.0%	86.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	9.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lebanon	Watertown
1-unit, detached	59.5%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	0.8%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Lebanon	Watertown
Poverty rate	14.0%	8.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	2001	1977