County profile
Lebanon County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#520 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 76% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
50,901
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,811
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
146,380
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$78.4k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
24.3%±1.1%
Poverty rate
10.1%±1.1%
Business applications
1,250 · 2025
Retail establishments
418
28.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1JBT Bancorp Inc.Financial Services$59.0M57CHQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing26%
Health care25%
Retail trade18%
Wholesale trade12%
Food & accommodation10%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
146,380
residents · 2025 · +2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $60.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,464
International migration+1,545
Natural change−826
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.1B2019
$6.0B2020
$6.8B2021
$7.4B2022
$7.8B2023
$8.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$242.0k±$5.4k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
5.4%±0.7%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$149.2M
542 units · 3.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 92Strong wind 88Lightning 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2172016
2252017
2342018
2432019
2522020
2822021
3212022
3582023
3772024
4052025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 7% since 20215072021
3642022
2592023
3242024
5422025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.8 km
I-78
Nearest freight rail
2.7 km
NS
Nearest port
47.0 km
MILLERSBURG FERRY LANDING
Nearest commercial airport
30.6 km
LANCASTER
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lebanon?
Lebanon's economy produced $8.1B in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.