Lisle vs Roselle

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

Lisle and Roselle 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 22,731 in Roselle). Roselle has the higher median household income ($109,118 vs $106,173 in Lisle). Lisle has the higher median home value ($407,000 vs $318,000 in Roselle).

Population, income & housing

	Lisle	Roselle
Population	23,413	22,731
Median age	37.0 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$106,173	$109,118
Median home value	$407,000	$318,000
Median gross rent	$1,540	$1,496
Housing units	10,384	8,841
Homeownership rate	56.7%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.4%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lisle	Roselle
Population	23,431 → 23,413 (-0.1%)	22,754 → 22,731 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$90,588 → $106,173 (+17.2%)	$90,257 → $109,118 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$356,900 → $407,000 (+14.0%)	$256,800 → $318,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $1,540 (+20.4%)	$1,431 → $1,496 (+4.5%)

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

Roselle

Population

22,75422,731

Median household income

$90,257$109,118

Median home value

$256,800$318,000

Median gross rent

$1,431$1,496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lisle	Roselle
Under 5	6.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.3%
75 and over	7.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lisle	Roselle
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	78.5%
Black or African American	4.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.3%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lisle	Roselle
No high school diploma	2.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	11.5%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	26.4%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lisle	Roselle
Drove alone	64.4%	76.6%
Carpooled	1.9%	5.1%
Public transit	7.0%	2.6%
Walked	2.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	22.6%	14.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lisle	Roselle
1-unit, detached	45.6%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	8.3%
20 or more units	24.7%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lisle	Roselle
Poverty rate	5.7%	3.6%
Average household size	2.26	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1982	1977