Lisle township, DuPage County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 13 (42% naturalized citizens)
Lisle township: | 12.7% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Lisle township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 72678
- Northeast: 6040
- Midwest: 14544
- South: 5601
- West: 2969
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $217,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Lisle township, Illinois:
- 1,362 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 282 people in nursing homes
- 136 people in religious group quarters
- 84 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 23 people in other group homes


Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 26,862
- One, attached: 3,201
- Two: 257
- 3 or 4: 1,133
- 5 to 9: 4,184
- 10 to 19: 3,337
- 20 to 49: 2,752
- 50 or more: 3,133
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,200
Housing units in Lisle township with a mortgage: 22,914 (1,900 second mortgage, 4,120 home equity loan, 87 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,553
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Computer specialists (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lisle township:
- German (18.3%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- Polish (9.5%)
- Italian (9.1%)
- English (5.3%)
- United States or American (2.8%)
- Czech (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (19%)
- Mexico (14%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Taiwan (5%)
- Canada (4%)
- Other Eastern Europe (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 50,097 (79%)
- Carpooled: 3,826 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 285 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 16 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 89 (0%)
- Railroad: 4,641 (7%)
- Taxi: 43 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 18 (0%)
- Bicycle: 158 (0%)
- Walked: 1,138 (2%)
- Other means: 186 (0%)
- Worked at home: 2,553 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Lisle township, Illinois:
- 1,362 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 282 people in nursing homes
- 136 people in religious group quarters
- 84 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 23 people in other group homes
83.0% of residents of Lisle township speak English at home.
4.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
6.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
5.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 115,719- In family households: 100,105 (25,208 male householders, 5,448 female householders)
26,349 spouses, 38,165 children (36,474 natural, 808 adopted, 883 stepchildren), 593 grandchildren, 879 brothers or sisters, 936 parents, 1,470 other relatives, 1,057 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 15,614 (6,343 male householders (4,986 living alone)), 6,532 female householders (5,627 living alone)), 2,739 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,885 (287 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 10,953 2-persons, 7,184 3-persons, 7,497 4-persons, 3,469 5-persons, 1,180 6-persons, 373 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 10,613 1-person, 1,996 2-persons, 217 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 16 5-persons,
26,822 married couples with children.
3,654 single-parent households (685 men, 2,969 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,684
Here: | 11.4% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 914
Here: | 12.6% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,954
Here: | 43.4% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |