Centre County vs Lebanon County

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

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

Centre County has the higher population (158,041 vs 143,592 in Lebanon County). Lebanon County has the higher median household income ($76,350 vs $72,748 in Centre County). Centre County has the higher median home value ($308,100 vs $227,300 in Lebanon County).

Population, income & housing

	Centre County	Lebanon County
Population	158,041	143,592
Median age	33.8 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,748	$76,350
Median home value	$308,100	$227,300
Median gross rent	$1,181	$1,087
Housing units	66,023	59,582
Homeownership rate	61.8%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centre County	Lebanon County
Population	161,960 → 158,041 (-2.4%)	139,729 → 143,592 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$60,403 → $72,748 (+20.4%)	$60,281 → $76,350 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$234,900 → $308,100 (+31.2%)	$171,300 → $227,300 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $1,181 (+18.1%)	$874 → $1,087 (+24.4%)

Centre County

Population

161,960158,041

Median household income

$60,403$72,748

Median home value

$234,900$308,100

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,181

Lebanon County

Population

139,729143,592

Median household income

$60,281$76,350

Median home value

$171,300$227,300

Median gross rent

$874$1,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centre County	Lebanon County
Under 5	3.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	23.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.4%
75 and over	6.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centre County	Lebanon County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	79.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centre County	Lebanon County
No high school diploma	5.4%	12.0%
High school graduate	28.5%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centre County	Lebanon County
Drove alone	66.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	6.8%	9.4%
Public transit	3.6%	0.6%
Walked	7.6%	3.1%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.6%	10.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centre County	Lebanon County
1-unit, detached	58.7%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	18.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	4.3%
20 or more units	10.9%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Centre County	Lebanon County
Poverty rate	16.9%	10.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1980	1971