West Lebanon is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 692 people and just one neighborhood, West Lebanon is the 371st largest community in Indiana.
West Lebanon is a blue-collar town, with 44.99% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, West Lebanon is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in West Lebanon who work in office and administrative support (9.56%), sales jobs (9.09%), and teaching (5.83%).
Also of interest is that West Lebanon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, West Lebanon has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes West Lebanon a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In West Lebanon, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.67 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
West Lebanon is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
West Lebanon ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.97% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in West Lebanon in 2022 was $36,329, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,316 for a family of four. However, West Lebanon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call West Lebanon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Lebanon residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in West Lebanon include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in West Lebanon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 95.3% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in West Lebanon are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 40.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.7%), and 10.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in West Lebanon, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (14.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (4.6%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (3.6%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (73.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (20.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.