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Lebanon County, PA

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 16 ZIP codes inside Lebanon County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
16
in this county
Total population
145,979
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
15
distinct city/town names
Avg density
781
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Lebanon County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
17042 Lebanon 39,095 223
17046 Lebanon 31,406 312
17078 Palmyra 22,989 295
17067 Myerstown 15,911 130
17003 Annville 12,123 110
17038 Jonestown 8,409 49
17073 Newmanstown 5,578 76
17026 Fredericksburg 3,597 57
17028 Grantville 3,416 48
17016 Cornwall 1,027 1,673
17064 Mount Gretna 979 198
17088 Schaefferstown 668 156
17010 Campbelltown 463 8,551
17041 Lawn 205 141
17039 Kleinfeltersville 71 76
17077 Ono 42 404

About Lebanon County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Lebanon County in Pennsylvania contains roughly 16 ZIP codes spread across 15 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 145,979. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Pennsylvania index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 781, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Lebanon County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Lebanon County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.