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A city of 119,740, settled in 1832.
Lisle Township is one of the best-graded places in America: an A, ranked 71st of 767 in Illinois. It is healthier than 97% of U.S. towns, its schools outperform 93% of the state's, and the median household earns $119K. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $428K, 4.7 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. 62% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Lisle Township, where Illinois’ towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%. Only 101 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns score higher on walkability. Greene Valley Forest Preserve, at 1,413 acres with 4.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Lisle Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Lisle Elementary School | PK–5 | 777 |
| Steeple Run Elem School | K–5 | 622 |
| Beebe Elem School | K–5 | 619 |
10.5% of the town is conserved land, across 120 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Lisle Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 48 in 1880, 24,223 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1922 and 7 maps from 1908 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lisle Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw26 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw25 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lisle Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Lisle Township.
Lisle Township trades workers with Chicago and other neighbors, has less no health insurance than most of Illinois and pairs an A for schools with high home prices.
51 miles of trail in 120 parks and preserves. Lisle Township’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Greene Valley Forest Preserve | 4.6 mi | 1,413 |
| 2. Morton Arboretum | 1.8 mi | 599 |
| 3. Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve | 1.3 mi | 30 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $428K.
Its public schools are run by Naperville CUSD 203. Three of its 39 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Junior High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 937 | A+ |
| Lisle High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 447 | A− |
| Highlands Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 510 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Illinois is no health insurance: 5.4% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 9.9% statewide.
9.4% of Lisle Township adults report frequent physical distress. Lisle Township beats the Illinois average on 22 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 13% of Lisle Township adults report frequent mental distress.
| Lisle Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.4% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lisle Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.4% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.8% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median property tax bill is $8,601, against $5,298 across Illinois, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median rent in Lisle Township is $1,690 a month. The typical Lisle Township home is worth about $428,000, up 3.4% in a year, 45% above the Illinois typical home.
| Lisle Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,690 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 43% | 46% | 48% |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lisle Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 16° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lisle Township has about as many jobs (58,468) as working residents, but only 5,886 people both live and work here. 24.3% of workers work from home, against 15.9% across Illinois.
Most working residents leave Lisle Township for work: only 11% work in town. 24% of workers work from home in Lisle Township. The top destinations are Chicago (19%), Naperville (12%) and Downers Grove (5%).
| Lisle Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 24% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $119,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 348 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lisle Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
13 within 15 miles of the center of Lisle Township
About 7 of every 100 Lisle Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Lisle ( LY-əl) is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lisle had a population of 24,223. It is a south-western suburb of Chicago in the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor. It is also the headquarters of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III.
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7 towns share a border with Lisle Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisle Township | #71 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Naperville Township | #115 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Downers Grove Township | #82 | A | D | — | A | A |
| Milton Township | #121 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Downers Grove | #98 | A | D | B+ | A | A |
| Du Page Township | #388 | B | C− | — | B | B+ |
| Bolingbrook | #395 | B | D | B | B+ | B |
| Naperville | #46 | A+ | D | B+ | A | A+ |
Lisle Township, Naperville Township, Downers Grove Township, Milton Township and Du Page Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lisle Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Lisle Township grades A overall, better than 94% of U.S. towns and #71 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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