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Lily Lake, IL vs Lisbon, WI

Lily Lake

Illinois

vs

Lisbon

Wisconsin

Across 31 directional measures we can compare, Lily Lake leads on 10 and Lisbon on 21. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 9% higher in Lily Lake, and so is median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,500$1,371
Lily Lake is 9% higher
Median household income
$140,313$123,720
Lily Lake is 13% higher
Median home value
$418,800$414,500
Lily Lake is 1% higher

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $120,100 a year left in Lily Lake and $110,700 in Lisbon. Money goes further in Lily Lake, by about $9,400 a year.
  • A household earning Lily Lake's median of $140,313 would need about $133,000 in Lisbon to keep the same money after rent and local prices.

How these are calculated

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Top 1 of 1 matching places. Places in the top 1% show their national rank.

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Lisbon, WIComposite 68.6 / 100
93
808669n/a6930n/a

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Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasureLily LakeLisbonAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,500$1,371
Rent to income112.8%13.3%
Property tax rate1n/a1.1%
Home price to income13.0x3.4x
Prices vs US average2103.696.9
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$2,011$1,263
HUD area median income4$121,500n/a
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$10,001$4,727
Median home value1$418,800$414,500
Home prices, 1-year change55.8%5.4%
Home prices, 5-year change555.6%52.2%
Homeownership198.2%94.2%
Renters paying 30%+149.7%36.1%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,698$2,186
Vacant homes10.0%4.0%
Median year built119921983
Jobs and income
Median household income1$140,313$123,720
Income per person1$60,660$57,217
Unemployment14.8%3.0%
Average annual pay6$65,029$71,739
Pay growth, 1 year63.6%2.5%
Jobs6213,552248,662
Poverty rate17.9%3.2%
Mean commute132 min22 min
Works from home121.9%16.9%
Commutes by transit11.6%0.0%
People
Population11,29310,736
Population change since 202073.7%7.9%
Median age146.044.7
Bachelor's or higher141.7%42.3%
High school or higher199.0%97.5%
Household size13.02.7
Born abroad14.6%3.0%
No health insurance17.8%1.1%
Homes with broadband1100.0%93.1%
Moving
Moved here in the past year15.9%2.5%
Moved from another state10.9%1.4%
Net movers per 1,000 people8-2.04.2
Income of households moving in8$77,362$86,790
Income of households moving out8$79,716$90,265
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k920.420.1
Shops per 10k927.330.0
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k94.26.4
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k919.329.8
Child care centers per 10k91.72.3
Parks per 10k100.020.5
Playgrounds per 10k100.014.9
Grocery stores per 10k100.00.0
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k100.01.9
Libraries per 10k100.00.0
Named paths and bike trails100.17.6
Transit stops per sq mi100.00.0
Nearest National Park Service site11n/a76.7
National Park Service sites within 60 miles11n/a0
National Register listings1286159
Schools
Public schools13162113
Public school students1386,99960,032
Students per teacher1314.915.3
Climate
July average high1484°F82°F
January average low1415°F12°F
Average temperature1449°F47°F
Annual precipitation1437.9 in35.6 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1594.688.9
Hurricane risk1521.19.7
Tornado risk1598.695.7
Wildfire risk1532.749.7
Heat wave risk1590.090.4
Median air quality index164541
Good air days1661.9%66.3%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Lily Lake $60,000, Lisbon $54,840 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  12. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  13. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  14. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  15. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  16. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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