145,319 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.4% since 2020)
362 square miles of land · 402 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
30 active community water systems list Lebanon County in the area they serve, reporting 84,839 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LEBANON WATER AUTH surface water · local government · PA7380010 | 57,000 served |
| MYERSTOWN WATER AUTH groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · PA7380025 | 9,500 served |
| BOROUGH OF CORNWALL buys surface water · local government · PA7380007 | 3,343 served |
| FORT INDIANTOWN GAP buys surface water · state · PA7380044 | 3,100 served |
| NEWMANSTOWN WATER AUTH groundwater · local government · PA7380028 | 2,335 served |
| RICHLAND BORO WATER SUPPLY groundwater · local government · PA7380032 | 1,700 served |
| FREDERICKSBURG WATER AUTH buys surface water · local government · PA7380035 | 1,200 served |
| HEIDELBERG TWP MUNI AUTH groundwater · local government · PA7380033 | 975 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 266 people were held in Lebanon County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 303 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 518.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
6 school districts have their office in Lebanon County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $87.3 million — $78.2 million to run schools, about $15,601 per student, plus $2.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $67.2 million local (mostly property tax), $29 million state, $5.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.9 million.
Spent $116.7 million — $73.1 million to run schools, about $14,768 per student, plus $33.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $26.9 million local (mostly property tax), $64.1 million state, $24.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $45.3 million.
Spent $58.8 million — $50.6 million to run schools, about $14,332 per student, plus $3.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $43.7 million local (mostly property tax), $18.5 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $54.1 million.
Spent $69.8 million — $46.5 million to run schools, about $19,408 per student, plus $18.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $35.1 million local (mostly property tax), $14.7 million state, $4.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $61.1 million.
Spent $82.6 million — $40.6 million to run schools, about $19,045 per student, plus $37.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $28.1 million local (mostly property tax), $17 million state, $2.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $70.6 million.
Spent $31.2 million — $27 million to run schools, about $18,675 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $21.3 million local (mostly property tax), $10.5 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $33.2 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Lebanon County about $43.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
229 bridges in Lebanon County: 66 in good condition, 142 fair, and 21 poor (9.2%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| PA 343;S.PINE GRV. over ELIZABETH RUN · built 1968 | 9,847 vehicles a day |
| PA 501; S.College over TULPEHOCKEN CREEK · built 1940 | 8,640 vehicles a day |
| PA 117; MT.WILSON over CONEWAGO CREEK · built 1974 | 4,350 vehicles a day |
| GRAVEL HILL RD over QUITTAPAHILLA CREEK · built 1967 | 3,968 vehicles a day |
| NORTH LINCOLN AVE over QUITTAPAHILLA CREEK · built 1929 | 2,500 vehicles a day |
| SR 4009 over NORFOLK SO. · built 1971 | 2,114 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $23.3 million of work in Lebanon County in fiscal 2025, about $163 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Pennsylvania are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Lebanon County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Lebanon County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Dauphin County (17 mi) · Lancaster County (25 mi) · Schuylkill County (26 mi) · Berks County (28 mi) · York County (34 mi) · Northumberland County (36 mi).