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." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

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

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Lisle, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Lisle is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 50.03% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

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.