Lebanon County vs Monroe County

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

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

Monroe County has the higher population (167,784 vs 143,592 in Lebanon County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($82,374 vs $76,350 in Lebanon County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($241,200 vs $227,300 in Lebanon County).

Population, income & housing

	Lebanon County	Monroe County
Population	143,592	167,784
Median age	41.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,350	$82,374
Median home value	$227,300	$241,200
Median gross rent	$1,087	$1,347
Housing units	59,582	79,458
Homeownership rate	71.3%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lebanon County	Monroe County
Population	139,729 → 143,592 (+2.8%)	168,032 → 167,784 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$60,281 → $76,350 (+26.7%)	$63,934 → $82,374 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$171,300 → $227,300 (+32.7%)	$168,000 → $241,200 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,087 (+24.4%)	$1,108 → $1,347 (+21.6%)

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

Monroe County

Population

168,032167,784

Median household income

$63,934$82,374

Median home value

$168,000$241,200

Median gross rent

$1,108$1,347

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lebanon County	Monroe County
Under 5	5.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.9%
75 and over	8.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lebanon County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	61.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lebanon County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	12.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	41.6%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lebanon County	Monroe County
Drove alone	75.3%	74.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.9%
Public transit	0.6%	3.3%
Walked	3.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.1%	9.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lebanon County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	61.3%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	18.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	3.7%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Lebanon County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	10.6%	11.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	22	39
Median year structure built	1971	1984