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The Lebanon handbook

Living in Lebanon, OH: what to set up and who to call

Every home in Lebanon is in ZIP code 45036. Fiber reaches 92% of addresses in Lebanon.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Lebanon, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Lebanon.

Electricity

Power comes from Duke Energy

Duke Energy (Duke Energy Ohio, Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lebanon. Its homes paid an average of 16.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $154 a month (its average across Ohio, for customers on its standard service). Ohio lets you buy power from another supplier; 60% of Duke Energy’s home customers do, and Duke Energy still delivers it.

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Lebanon City water system

The Lebanon City water system supplies Lebanon: about 94% of residents live in its service area. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Greater Cincinnati Water Works (GCWW) as seller) and serves 20,700 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.2 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.3 ppb. That’s higher than 51% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. OH8304112.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Lebanon

99% of 6,725 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 92% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber97%1,000/1,000
altafiber Extended TerritoriesFiber, Cable92%3,000/3,000
BrightspeedFiber, DSL, Fixed wireless43%2,000/2,000
AT&TFixed wireless74%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless56%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless53%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Lebanon’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lebanon.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Lebanon kids go to
PK–2Bowman Primary SchoolLebanon City School District
3–4Donovan Elementary SchoolLebanon City School District
7–8Lebanon Junior HighLebanon City School District
9–12Lebanon High SchoolLebanon City School District

Most of Lebanon (88%) is in Lebanon City School District; parts are in Kings Local School District (12%).

A−School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2020; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Lebanon is in ZIP code 45036

ZIP codes where Lebanon residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of LebanonZIP’s residents in Lebanon
45036Lebanon, OH100%51%
Area code513Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Lebanon

Who supplies Lebanon’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Lebanon City water system (EPA ID OH8304112). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.2 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Lebanon?

Duke Energy (Duke Energy Ohio, Inc.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Lebanon?

Spectrum, altafiber Extended Territories, Brightspeed, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Lebanon?

45036. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Lebanon in?

Lebanon City School District. Parts of the city are in Kings Local School District.

How do I register to vote in Lebanon?

In Ohio you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Director, Warren County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.ohiosos.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.