† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLebanon, PAPennsylvaniaUnited States
German31.5%21.6%12.5%
Irish9.6%14.8%9.4%
English6.8%8.3%9.5%
Italian5.9%10.6%4.8%
American5.3%4.4%5.3%
Polish2.5%5.4%2.2%
French1.1%—1.6%
Scottish1.1%1.1%1.3%
Puerto Rican9.7%3.7%1.8%
Dominican2.6%1.4%0.7%
Mexican1.0%1.4%11.3%
Salvadoran0.5%—0.7%
African American†1.2%8.7%9.9%
African0.2%0.4%0.5%
Chinese0.3%0.9%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Asian Indian0.2%1.2%1.4%
Cambodian0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Lebanon, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
41.1
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.5%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lebanon, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$78,425
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.1%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.3%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lebanon, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.9%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
9.2%
5.6%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.5%
0.9%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lebanon, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
7.9%
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
11.7%
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
63.9%
53.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
14.8%
10.3%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Lebanon, PA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−21.8%
1896
−43.3%
1900
−38.0%
1904
−45.4%
1908
−39.2%
1912
+5.6%
1916
−20.1%
1920
−46.5%
1924
−55.0%
1928
−66.3%
1932
−25.7%
1936
+2.1%
1940
−0.5%
1944
−12.5%
1948
−24.3%
1952
−28.1%
1956
−36.8%
1960
−36.8%
1964
−5.9%
1968
−36.2%
1972
−56.7%
1976
−27.3%
1980
−45.7%
1984
−43.7%
1988
−34.2%
1992
−21.3%
1996
−18.9%
2000
−27.1%
2004
−34.1%
2008
−18.9%
2012
−28.1%
2016
−34.5%
2020
−31.8%
2024
−32.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
33.6%Harris24,734
65.5%Trump48,282
0.5%Oliver390 +1
R+32.0
R+0.1
R+30.5
73,692
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican65.5%48,282
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic33.6%24,734
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%390
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%286
R
33.4%Biden23,932
65.2%Trump46,731
1.4%
R+31.8
D+2.7
R+36.3
71,652
R
30.3%Clinton18,953
64.8%Trump40,525
4.8%
R+34.5
R+6.4
R+36.6
62,503
R
35.0%Obama19,900
63.2%Romney35,872
1.8%
R+28.1
R+9.3
R+32.0
56,777
R
40.0%Obama23,310
58.9%McCain34,314
1.2%
R+18.9
D+15.2
R+26.1
58,297
R
32.5%Kerry18,109
66.6%Bush37,089
0.8%
R+34.1
R+7.0
R+31.6
55,665
R
35.1%Gore16,093
62.2%Bush28,534
2.8%
R+27.1
R+8.2
R+27.6
45,897
R
34.8%Clinton14,187
53.7%Dole21,885
11.4%
R+18.9
D+2.4
R+27.4
40,735
R
28.7%Clinton12,350
50.0%Bush21,512
21.3%
R+21.3
D+12.9
R+26.9
43,021
R
32.5%Dukakis11,912
66.7%Bush24,415
0.8%
R+34.2
D+9.6
R+26.4
36,608
R
27.9%Mondale10,520
71.6%Reagan27,008
0.5%
R+43.7
D+1.9
R+25.5
37,716
R
23.3%Carter8,281
69.0%Reagan24,495
7.7%
R+45.7
R+18.4
R+35.9
35,507
R
35.4%Carter11,785
62.6%Ford20,880
2.0%
R+27.3
D+29.4
R+29.4
33,330
R
20.7%McGovern6,683
77.4%Nixon25,008
1.9%
R+56.7
R+20.5
R+33.5
32,320
R
28.0%Humphrey9,529
64.2%Nixon21,832
7.8%
R+36.2
R+30.2
R+35.5
34,025
R
46.9%Johnson15,882
52.9%Goldwater17,891
0.2%
R+5.9
D+30.9
R+28.5
33,845
R
31.5%Kennedy11,761
68.3%Nixon25,525
0.2%
R+36.8
±0.0
R+37.0
37,353
R
31.5%Stevenson10,406
68.3%Eisenhower22,556
0.1%
R+36.8
R+8.7
R+21.4
33,003
R
35.8%Stevenson11,611
63.8%Eisenhower20,726
0.4%
R+28.1
R+3.8
R+17.3
32,472
R
37.3%Truman9,418
61.6%Dewey15,553
1.1%
R+24.3
R+11.8
R+28.8
25,241
R
43.5%Roosevelt11,818
56.0%Dewey15,206
0.5%
R+12.5
R+12.0
R+20.0
27,153
R
49.6%Roosevelt13,315
50.1%Willkie13,449
0.3%
R+0.5
R+2.6
R+10.4
26,857
D
50.2%Roosevelt13,800
48.1%Landon13,213
1.7%
D+2.1
D+27.8
R+22.1
27,476
R
33.3%Roosevelt5,924
59.0%Hoover10,487
7.7%
R+25.7
D+40.6
R+43.4
17,784
R
16.0%Smith3,278
82.3%Hoover16,841
1.7%
R+66.3
R+11.3
R+48.8
20,464
R
19.3%Davis2,464
74.3%Coolidge9,494
6.5%
R+55.0
R+8.5
R+29.8
12,783
R
24.3%Cox3,016
70.8%Harding8,778
4.9%
R+46.5
R+26.4
R+20.3
12,402
R
37.4%Wilson3,821
57.5%Hughes5,876
5.2%
R+20.1
R+25.7
R+23.2
10,228
O
28.1%Wilson2,972
22.5%Taft2,378
49.4%
Roosevelt +21.3
D+44.8
R+13.9
10,580
R
27.9%Bryan2,858
67.1%Taft6,874
5.0%
R+39.2
D+6.2
R+29.6
10,247
R
24.8%Parker2,449
70.2%Roosevelt6,938
5.0%
R+45.4
R+7.4
R+25.7
9,884
R
28.7%Bryan3,050
66.8%McKinley7,089
4.5%
R+38.0
D+5.3
R+30.5
10,618
R
27.3%Bryan2,819
70.6%McKinley7,288
2.1%
R+43.3
R+21.5
R+37.2
10,323
R
37.3%Cleveland3,409
59.1%Harrison5,403
3.6%
R+21.8
—
R+23.5
9,141
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
33.8%24,745
63.1%46,172
73,139
2022
R
34.8%19,695
61.9%35,023
56,588
2018
R
37.4%18,368
60.7%29,836
49,149
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+29.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+32.0
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.9 points.
Domestic migration in Lebanon, PA in Lebanon, PA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+161
2012
+300
2013
−550
2014
−96
2015
+192
2016
+258
2017
+425
2018
+853
2019
+260
2021
+686
2022
+308
2023
+257
2024
+343
2025
+870
Lebanon County sits at the edge of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, where a predominantly white, working-class electorate has shifted toward Republican margins in federal races while local contests remain more competitive.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 5.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 66.3 points in 1928. The 2024 margin was 32.0 points.
A population of 144,186, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,425 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of York-Hanover, PA and Lancaster, PA.
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In 2024, Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 32.0 points (R+32.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 73,692 votes cast, 24,734 went Democratic and 48,282 went Republican.
When did Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania?
Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 144,186 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania is $78,425 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 32 went Republican.
