South Lebanon, OR population, income and ZIP codes

South Lebanon CDP is a small town in Oregon, with 1,044 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #227 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 46% of them. The median age here is 46.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in South Lebanon CDP earn a median of $56,042 a year, 28.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 24% below the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 7.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in South Lebanon CDP is valued at $345,900, 14% above the national figure and 8% below the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,859 a month, 32.2% above the national figure, or roughly $22,308 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 39.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 6.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is out of reach on local earnings alone and the ownership market leans on outside income, equity or dual high earners. 78.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Home values sit at 6.2× median household income, far past the 3.9× national mark, so ownership costs here are set by something other than local wages — second homes, retirees with equity, or commuters earning elsewhere.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.