Lebanon is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 21,483 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Lebanon is the 83rd largest community in Ohio.Lebanon is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lebanon is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lebanon who work in office and administrative support (13.28%), sales jobs (9.99%), and management occupations (8.71%). Also of interest is that Lebanon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.93% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The overall education level of Lebanon citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.61% of adults in Lebanon have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Lebanon in 2022 was $36,077, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $144,308 for a family of four. However, Lebanon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Lebanon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lebanon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lebanon include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Lebanon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
