Lisbon vs Newark

A side-by-side comparison of Lisbon and Newark: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newark has the higher population (1,152 vs 300 in Lisbon). Newark has the higher median household income ($129,688 vs $86,250 in Lisbon). Newark has the higher median home value ($234,800 vs $193,100 in Lisbon).

Population, income & housing

	Lisbon	Newark
Population	300	1,152
Median age	30.5 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,250	$129,688
Median home value	$193,100	$234,800
Median gross rent	$983	$1,018
Housing units	98	442
Homeownership rate	90.1%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lisbon	Newark
Population	347 → 300 (-13.5%)	1,314 → 1,152 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$62,361 → $86,250 (+38.3%)	$89,107 → $129,688 (+45.5%)
Median home value	$166,300 → $193,100 (+16.1%)	$192,600 → $234,800 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $983 (+15.6%)	$675 → $1,018 (+50.8%)

Lisbon

Population

347300

Median household income

$62,361$86,250

Median home value

$166,300$193,100

Median gross rent

$850$983

Newark

Population

1,3141,152

Median household income

$89,107$129,688

Median home value

$192,600$234,800

Median gross rent

$675$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lisbon	Newark
Under 5	16.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	21.3%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.5%
25 to 34	17.7%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	15.9%
55 to 64	4.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.0%	15.5%
75 and over	6.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lisbon	Newark
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lisbon	Newark
No high school diploma	8.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	27.6%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lisbon	Newark
Drove alone	92.0%	72.8%
Carpooled	2.9%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	14.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lisbon	Newark
1-unit, detached	96.9%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lisbon	Newark
Poverty rate	1.0%	7.3%
Average household size	3.30	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1954	1961