Lisbon vs Oswego

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

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

Oswego has the higher population (35,463 vs 300 in Lisbon). Oswego has the higher median household income ($119,881 vs $86,250 in Lisbon). Oswego has the higher median home value ($319,000 vs $193,100 in Lisbon).

Population, income & housing

	Lisbon	Oswego
Population	300	35,463
Median age	30.5 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$86,250	$119,881
Median home value	$193,100	$319,000
Median gross rent	$983	$1,823
Housing units	98	12,198
Homeownership rate	90.1%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lisbon	Oswego
Population	347 → 300 (-13.5%)	34,933 → 35,463 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$62,361 → $86,250 (+38.3%)	$102,110 → $119,881 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$166,300 → $193,100 (+16.1%)	$254,900 → $319,000 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $983 (+15.6%)	$1,584 → $1,823 (+15.1%)

Lisbon

Population

347300

Median household income

$62,361$86,250

Median home value

$166,300$193,100

Median gross rent

$850$983

Oswego

Population

34,93335,463

Median household income

$102,110$119,881

Median home value

$254,900$319,000

Median gross rent

$1,584$1,823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lisbon	Oswego
Under 5	16.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	22.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	17.7%	8.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	16.8%
55 to 64	4.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	6.8%
75 and over	6.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lisbon	Oswego
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	63.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lisbon	Oswego
No high school diploma	8.6%	5.2%
High school graduate	27.6%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lisbon	Oswego
Drove alone	92.0%	73.1%
Carpooled	2.9%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	16.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lisbon	Oswego
1-unit, detached	96.9%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	19.6%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lisbon	Oswego
Poverty rate	1.0%	2.3%
Average household size	3.30	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1954	2001