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Cost of Living Indices |
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Lebanon |
National |
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Overall |
87.0 |
100.00 |
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Housing |
71.7 |
100.00 |
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Food and Groceries |
91.4 |
100.00 |
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Transportation |
99.7 |
100.00 |
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Utilities |
85.2 |
100.00 |
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Health Care |
98.0 |
100.00 |
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Miscellaneous |
96.6 |
100.00 |
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Housing Median Value |
$80,700* |
$134,100* |
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*2000 Data |
Source: MSN / Sperling’s Best Places |
Housing
2003 2004
Average Home Price $87,249 $96,148
Median Home Price $77,000 $85,000
Source: Lebanon Board of Realtors
Health Care
St. John’s Regional Medical Center
o Constructed 1999, one expansion, one planned
o Physicians 62
o Rooms 33 Surgical
10 Obstetrics
4 Intensive Care
2 Sleep
49 Total (1.5 beds/1,000)
o Planned expansion will include a new emergency room, new patient rooms, and an Oncology center.
o Estimated cost of the expansion is $6.8 million.
Source: St. John’s Regional Medical Center
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Climate |
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Lebanon / Laclede County |
National Average |
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Comfort Index |
23 |
35 |
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Altitude |
1,268 |
770 |
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Rainfall |
42.0 |
34.5 |
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Snowfall |
18.0 |
23.8 |
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Precipitation Days |
109 |
108 |
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Sunny Days |
214 |
214 |
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Days Warmer than 90 degrees |
42 |
34 |
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Days Colder then 32 degrees |
102 |
82 |
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Average Temperature—July |
89.0 |
86.0 |
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Average Temperature—Jan. |
22.0 |
27.2 |
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Average Wind Speed |
10 |
9 |
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Air Quality Rating* |
98.3 |
87.9 |
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Waste Quality Rating* |
100.0 |
50.0 |
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*100=Best |
Source: MSN / Sperling’s Best Places |
Public Safety
Lebanon Laclede County
Number, Full Time Police Officers 37 8
Number, Vehicles 20 8
Lebanon Fire Department
Personnel, Full Time 17
Stations 2
Vehicles 8
Insurance Rating 4
Community Facilities
o Number of Hotels and Motels 15
o Capacity at Largest Banquet Room 2,500
o Number of Churches in Lebanon 50
o Number of Shopping Centers 7
o Number of Public Libraries 1
Recreation Facilities within 10 Miles
o Public Swimming Pools 2 (1 indoor)
o Public Tennis Courts 5 (1 indoor)
o Public Parks 10 (207 Acres Total)
o Golf Courses 4
Bennett Spring State Park is located 12 miles Northeast of Lebanon. The park is the most visited park in Missouri with approximately 1 million visitors. The park encompasses 3,099 acres around Bennett Spring with an average flow of 100,000,000 gallons per day.
Bennett Spring is one of the State’s four trout parks. The park has a hatchery and produces both rainbow and brown trout for stocking in the stream below the Spring. Other facilities include a nature interpretative center, reception center, dining lodge, swimming pool, cabins, campground, picnic area, and hiking trails.
Civic Facilities
o Kenneth B. Cowan Civic Center
Exhibition Hall with 4,000 capacity
Meeting rooms with kitchen facilities
Olympic - size indoor swimming pool
Multi - purpose courts
Family fitness center
o Route 66 Museum
o Lebanon - Laclede County Library
Special Events
o Opening Day of Trout Season, (March 1 each year)
o Hillbilly Days, (Father’s Day weekend each year)
o Enchanted Christmas, (after Thanksgiving)
o Art on the Farm, (Spring)
o St. John’s Hospital “Fantasy Gala”, (Spring)
