Mount Lebanon is a medium-sized town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 33,017 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Mount Lebanon is the 24th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Mount Lebanon is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 94.08% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Mount Lebanon is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Lebanon who work in sales jobs (15.31%), management occupations (14.87%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.85%).

Of important note, Mount Lebanon is also a town of artists. Mount Lebanon has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Mount Lebanon's character.

Also of interest is that Mount Lebanon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Mount Lebanon, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the town.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Mount Lebanon is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Mount Lebanon is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Mount Lebanon really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Mount Lebanon perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Even though Mount Lebanon is not a small town, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Mount Lebanon Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Mount Lebanon, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Mount Lebanon is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 60.96% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Mount Lebanon in 2000 was $33,652, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $134,608 for a family of four.

The people who call Mount Lebanon home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mount Lebanon is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mount Lebanon include German, Irish, Italian, English, Polish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Mount Lebanon is English.