Rents are 5% below what Lisle's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,919 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in Lisle usually run 1.1% below trend in December and 0.8% above it in August, about $36 a month apart at today's median. Based on 6 years of data.
Rent in Lisle is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2020.
Rent in Lisle changed +5.1% over the year to September 2026. Across the 94 Illinois cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +4.0%.
Rent in Lisle is 44.6% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 7 months in a row, and rose in 10 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($107,479) is $2,687 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($2,660); a 4-bedroom is $3,120.
Woodridge, 4 miles away, rents for 15% less ($1,638/mo), about $3,400 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Lisle. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Lisle, IL is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 61.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Lisle, IL has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in Lisle, IL has climbed by $547 per month, settling near $1,919 after starting the period at $1,372. Median household income grew from $102,676 to $107,479 between 2021 and 2024, a 4.7% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 35.2 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 23,982 to 23,407 between 2021 and 2024, a 2.4% change. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher slipped from 65.2% to 61.9%. Taken together, the five-year picture in Lisle, IL reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Lisle is $1,919/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,710/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,070/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,830/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,660/mo.
At 21% of local median household income ($107,479/yr), Lisle ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 5.1% over the past year.
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