Residential Real Estate and Housing

Over the past three decades, Lebanon County’s population has risen steadily as economic development efforts have come to fruition and jobs and opportunities increased throughout the region. Just in the past two decades, people from throughout the Mid-Atlantic region discovered that Lebanon County was an excellent place to live, that it was conveniently located to many major metropolitan areas and was a great value compared to some of our neighboring communities. In that same time period, Lebanon County became a destination for the over-55, active adult crowd. In the past decade alone, the population of Lebanon County increased to more than 141,000, and it continues to grow as more and more families discover affordable Lebanon Valley.

Our largest communities, like Myerstown, Palmyra, Annville, Jonestown, and Lebanon, offer a variety of housing options – city homes, townhomes, ranch homes, apartments, and condominiums. Whatever works best for you and your family is readily available here in our beautiful Lebanon Valley.

Starting shortly after the conclusion of World War II, church related retirement communities began to develop in Lebanon County. The first of these was Cornwall Manor, which was established as the Methodist Church Home at Cornwall in 1949. Six decades later, there are numerous, significant, senior lifestyle communities scattered throughout the Lebanon Valley in Cornwall, Myerstown, Palmyra, and Annville.

These senior living retirement communities range from 55-plus, adult living communities to retirement communities that offer a full range of retirement and senior living services, including apartments, residential cottages and houses, skilled nursing care, independent living, personal care, home health care, and campus health services.

Today, Mid-Atlantic seniors who have decided they don’t want to leave their friends and family behind have found they can retire comfortably in Lebanon County. Plentiful, recreational and cultural activities are available to them within a 15-minute drive, with excellent shops and restaurants even closer.