Wilson County has the SECOND highest median family income in the State of Tennessee.
According to the Annual Survey of Buying Power, more than $400 million in net sales is lost to surrounding counties annually.
Lebanon is among the highest in population growth in the State of Tennessee, with a 33.4% increase since 1990. (Wilson County population is approx. 100,000+, City of Lebanon is 23,000+)
Lebanon has four local interstate exits off I-40, access to State Route 840, and is located at the intersection of two major state/federal highways (70 east/west, 231 north/south)
Lebanon is within a one-day drive of 70% of the U.S. population.
More than 1.5 million people live within a ONE HOUR drive of Lebanon.
Lebanon has the required infrastructure: gas, electric, water and sewer at, or near, the major commercial development areas with adequate capacities to accommodate growth.
Lebanon is a busy shopping and tourist destination. (Tourists are spending more than $60 million annually in Wilson County on tourism-related expenditures.)
Lebanon’s historic Town Square is an antique-lovers “must-stop”, and has been featured in Southern Living magazine and many other publications and national televisions shows.
Lebanon is within a four-hour (or less) drive to all of Tennessee’s major tourism attractions, including Titans Football, Opryland Hotel in neighboring Nashville, Graceland and Memphis, Dollywood, Gatlinburg and the Smoky Mountains, and the Aquarium and other attractions in Chattanooga.
Lebanon has a municipal airport that accommodates corporate jets, and is 25 minutes from the Nashville International Airport.
Wilson County has a strong industrial, distribution and manufacturing base, including the headquarters of Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores, Hartmann Luggage, Dell Computers, Toshiba America, TRW Ross Gear, GENESCO, Bridgestone, Lochinvar and many more.
Lebanon has a prominent four-year liberal arts college, Cumberland University, with masters degree programs in several educational areas.
Wilson County exceeds graduation and attendance rates for averages in Tennessee, and the City of Lebanon is among the top ten school systems in teacher salaries.
Early 2006, Lebanon and Wilson County will have commuter rail service to Nashville.