Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Lebanon are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Lebanon A; getting around on foot earns it A−. Below the poverty line: 4.7% of residents, where New Jersey as a whole has 9.7%. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lebanon apart
Lebanon is where the jobs are
Lebanon has 1,703 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,400 people are in town, 43% more than the 1,700 who live here. Day and night ↓
Lebanon has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Lebanon went from 883 in 2014 to 1,703 in 2024, +93%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Lebanon
33% of Lebanon workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 988 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Lebanon’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lebanon is better than 94% of U.S. towns. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Lebanon’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lebanon could be anywhere from A− to A+.
In and out of Lebanon on a workday
On a workday 918 residents head out to work, 70 work right here, and 1,633 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Lebanon on a workday afternoon, 43% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
68% of the jobs in Lebanon pay over $3,333 a month
1,703 jobs are based in Lebanon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lebanon, 2014 → 2024: 883 → 1,703. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lebanon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 34 minutes from Lebanon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lebanon workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 678 commuters (the 33% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The towns that send workers to Lebanon
Where Lebanon clocks in
5% of workers
4% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far Lebanon’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Lebanon, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lebanon is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,009 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Lebanon households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Lebanon’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Lebanon ranks: 220th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Alpine NJ | 1,759 | $247K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Oldmans Township NJ | 1,954 | $113K | 3.2% | 11.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 218 | Montverde FL | 1,836 | $97K | 3.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A |
| 219 | Prairie Grove IL | 1,939 | $141K | 3.7% | 3.2% | <1% | A |
| 220 | Lebanon NJ | 1,676 | $110K | 4.7% | 2.5% | 7% | A |
| 221 | Haymarket VA | 1,602 | $174K | 3.2% | 4.0% | 2% | A |
| 222 | Peru Township OH | 1,534 | $125K | 4.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lebanon, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lebanon: questions
What is the median household income in Lebanon?
$110,104 (±$26,948) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lebanon?
4.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lebanon?
34 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lebanon work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clinton Township (5%, 2 mi), Readington Township (4%, 5 mi), New York City (3%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lebanon walkable?
Lebanon is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 13.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lebanon without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lebanon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lebanon
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.