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6,229 people live in this town, settled in 1926.
Lebanon Township’s best grade is for safety: it reports less crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns. It is strong on health as well: residents are healthier than 90% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The drawback is cost of living (C): the typical home is worth about $730K, 7.4 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. All told, that adds up to an A− overall and a rank of 141st of 466 in New Jersey. Set against the rest, it does better than 83% of U.S. towns. 31% of the land locally is conserved, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. On civic life, just 38 of New Jersey’s 527 towns do better. This New Jersey town has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them New Hampton Pony Pratt Truss Bridge and New Hampton Historic District.
Figures: FBI crime data, 2025 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Lebanon Township beats most towns.
Where Lebanon Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Lebanon Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 550 in 1930, 1,665 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 5 maps from 1890 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lebanon Township. Close and well known come first.
39 mi Stadium & arenaSports Illustrated Stadium
38 mi Stadium & arenaPrudential Center
25 mi LandmarkDrew University
16 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
27 mi Stadium & arenaSHI Stadium
35 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater KingdomSports Illustrated Stadium: Sam Szapucki, CC BY 2.0 · Prudential Center: Jim.henderson, Public domain · Drew University: CUBJONES83 (talk), Public domain · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · SHI Stadium: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lebanon Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Lebanon Township.
Lebanon Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of New Jersey, sends most of its workers to New York City and beyond and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey.
Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
The violent crime rate in Lebanon Township is 0.2 per 1,000 residents. The rate of thefts and burglaries locally is 4.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Lebanon Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.2 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Two of its 5 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The largest public high school is Voorhees High School, with 733 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodglen SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 272 | B+ |
| Voorhees High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 733 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Its 6,148 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 85% of New Jersey towns.
The biggest place to walk is Voorhees State Park, 569 acres with 6.4 miles of trail. 37 miles of trail in 13 parks and preserves. In Lebanon Township, the density of trails is 1.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Central Section of Point Mountain Reservation | 7 mi | 501 |
| 2. Voorhees State Park | 6.4 mi | 569 |
| 3. Teetertown Ravine Nature Preserve | 5.9 mi | 302 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Within New Jersey it is healthier than 58% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Its widest gap with New Jersey is no health insurance: 6.6% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 11.3% statewide.
Lebanon Township: 28% of adults have obesity. CDC measures, 32 in all: Lebanon Township beats New Jersey on 12 and trails on 1.
| Lebanon Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 36% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 28% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Lebanon Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.6% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.5% | 14.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lebanon Township has 769 jobs for its 2,929 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Lebanon Township’s mean commuting time comes in at 30 minutes. Commuting out is the norm here: 4% of working residents work locally. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Lebanon Township dropped by 62, to 769. The median commute is under 22 miles.
| Lebanon Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $130,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 17% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Homes sold in Lebanon Township spent a median 15 days on the market. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 2.9%. For households in the town, the share who own their home is 93%.
| Lebanon Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 93% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,283 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lebanon Township’s peak summer temperature stands at 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Lebanon Township, half of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (40% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (21% statewide). For Lebanon Township, the midpoint age is 48.3 years.
| Lebanon Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.3 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 50% | 45% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 21% | 22% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Lebanon Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.2% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.7% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.8% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.4% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.8% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.6% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.6% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.3% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.5% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.4% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.9% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.1% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4.8% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.7% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 24.2% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
On expected storm and flood damage, Lebanon Township sits above 53% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims locally since 1979: 51. Expected losses in Lebanon Township break down as 76% from inland flooding and 8% from strong winds. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid in 7 declared disasters, most recently in 2016.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Lebanon Township
About 6 of every 100 Lebanon Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
2 places in Lebanon Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, US
Lebanon (pronounced "LEB-uh-nin") is a borough in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,665, the highest ever in any decennial census and an increase of 307 (+22.6%) from the 2010 census count of 1,358, which in turn reflected an increase of 293 (+27.5%) from the 1,065 counted in the 2000 census. Lebanon was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 26, 1926, from portions of Clinton Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 20, 1926. Additional portions of Clinton Township were annexed in 1962. The borough is located north of the Round Valley Reservoir. In th…
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10 towns share a border with Lebanon Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon Township | #141 | A− | C | A | B | A |
| Mansfield Township | #327 | C+ | D | B+ | C | A− |
| Tewksbury Township | #47 | A | D | A+ | A− | A+ |
| Califon | — | — | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Union Township | #152 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Glen Gardner | — | — | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| Anderson | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clinton Township | #81 | A | D | A | B+ | A+ |
Califon and Glen Gardner have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Califon, Union Township and Glen Gardner report no FBI crime data of their own. Anderson isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Washington Township and Washington Township are one community, graded once. Compare Lebanon Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Lebanon Township grades A− overall, better than 83% of U.S. towns and #141 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health, A for safety and B for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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