Lisle (village), New York
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Lisle is a village in Broome County
Broome County, New York
Broome County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 200,600. It was named in honor of John Broome, who was lieutenant governor in 1806 when Broome County was established. Its county seat is Binghamton, which is also its major city. The current...

, New York
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, USA. The population was 302 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Binghamton
Binghamton, New York
Binghamton is a city in the Southern Tier of New York in the United States. It is near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers...

 Metropolitan Statistical Area
Binghamton metropolitan area
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. The village was named after a community in France
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The Village of Lisle is in the southeast part of the Town of Lisle
Lisle (town), New York
Lisle is a town in Broome County, New York, United States. The population was 2,707 at the 2000 census.The town is in the northwest part of the county and is north of Binghamton. The town also includes a village called Lisle.- History :...

 and is north of Binghamton
Binghamton, New York
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History

The inhabitants voted against forming a village in 1867, but the village was later incorporated in 1876.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.4 km2), all of it land.

The Tioughnioga River
Tioughnioga River
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 passes the village.

The village is on Route 79
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 west of US Route 11 and Interstate 81
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Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 302 people, 116 households, and 75 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
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 was 325.5 people per square mile (125.4/km2). There were 135 housing units at an average density of 145.5 per square mile (56.0/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 98.34% White, 0.66% Black or African American
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, 0.99% from other races
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. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.99% of the population.

There were 116 households out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.5% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.30.

In the village the population was spread out with 26.8% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 17.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $33,750, and the median income for a family was $45,625. Males had a median income of $31,797 versus $26,250 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the village was $14,685. About 10.7% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 5.4% of those sixty five or over.
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