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Lebanon, OR vs Meridian, ID

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- Household income in Meridian, is 74% more than it is in Lebanon and is 19% above the National Average.
- Lebanon unemployment rate is 6.8%.
- Meridian unemployment rate is 3.4%.
 Lebanon, ORMeridian, IDUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock3.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock3.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth40.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes0.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock6.9%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$27,127  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$85,201$69,021
 Family Median Income$59,875  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Lebanon, ORMeridian, IDUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock5.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.9%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock3.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K14.1%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock6.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.9%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock11.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.1%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock21.6%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K5.4%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock10.1%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Lebanon, ORMeridian, IDUnited States
 Management, business, finance11.3%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock8.0%6.5%
 Community, social services1.8%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.7%1.2%
 Education, library6.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock2.2%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology8.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.3%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock4.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance0.9%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support14.0%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.9%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock7.3%13.1%
Reviews for Lebanon    4 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

We’ve lived in the city for 1 1/2 years now, and we love it. We live in the Riverside Estate near the river and Cheadle lake, and the scenery is beautiful! Yes, the  More

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Over 18 years ago

11/20/2007 Spent the summer in Lebanon and it is a growing community. It is pretty with friendly people. They sure could use some road improvement and traffic at times  More

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Over 18 years ago

The climate is a little foggy for me  More

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Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

New to the area and so far we think it's a great place to live compared to Denver, where we moved from. Quality of life is so much better here! A lot less traffic than  More

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I have been here since 2013 and have watched child after child be diagnosed with Cancer. Many of the children have been diagnosed with "rare" Cancers. It has been  More

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Over 7 years ago

It has changed a lot over the years... Crime rates are still low and people are overall still nice HOWEVER way too many people are moving to my wonderful town! All the  More

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