Darien vs Lisle

A side-by-side comparison of Darien and Lisle: population, income, housing, and more.

Darien and Lisle are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lisle has the higher population (23,413 vs 21,855 in Darien). Darien has the higher median household income ($109,354 vs $106,173 in Lisle). Lisle has the higher median home value ($407,000 vs $386,400 in Darien).

Population, income & housing

	Darien	Lisle
Population	21,855	23,413
Median age	44.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$109,354	$106,173
Median home value	$386,400	$407,000
Median gross rent	$1,671	$1,540
Housing units	9,101	10,384
Homeownership rate	78.5%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	62.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darien	Lisle
Population	21,884 → 21,855 (-0.1%)	23,431 → 23,413 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$96,275 → $109,354 (+13.6%)	$90,588 → $106,173 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$330,000 → $386,400 (+17.1%)	$356,900 → $407,000 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,201 → $1,671 (+39.1%)	$1,279 → $1,540 (+20.4%)

Darien

Population

21,88421,855

Median household income

$96,275$109,354

Median home value

$330,000$386,400

Median gross rent

$1,201$1,671

Lisle

Population

23,43123,413

Median household income

$90,588$106,173

Median home value

$356,900$407,000

Median gross rent

$1,279$1,540

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darien	Lisle
Under 5	4.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.9%	7.8%
75 and over	9.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darien	Lisle
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	68.4%
Black or African American	2.7%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.1%	16.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darien	Lisle
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.0%
High school graduate	18.0%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darien	Lisle
Drove alone	70.4%	64.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	1.9%
Public transit	2.6%	7.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.0%	22.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darien	Lisle
1-unit, detached	60.8%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	15.6%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	13.6%
20 or more units	9.6%	24.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Darien	Lisle
Poverty rate	3.8%	5.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1978	1982