Lisle is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 21,119 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Lisle is the 106th largest community in Illinois.

Lisle is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 87.42% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Lisle is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lisle who work in management occupations (15.38%), office and administrative support jobs (13.67%), and sales jobs (13.38%).

Also of interest is that Lisle has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Lisle, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the village.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Lisle is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Lisle has public transportation that is used by many people for their daily commute to and from work: primarily, this consists of people taking the train.

Lisle Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Lisle is a pretty powerful place. 50.03% of the adults in Lisle have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Lisle in 2000 was $35,693, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $142,772 for a family of four. However, Lisle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lisle is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Lisle home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lisle is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lisle include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, English, Swedish, and Czech.

The most common language spoken in Lisle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.