Broadlands vs Royal

A side-by-side comparison of Broadlands and Royal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Royal has the higher population (313 vs 288 in Broadlands). Royal has the higher median household income ($93,500 vs $67,917 in Broadlands). Royal has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $114,300 in Broadlands).

Population, income & housing

	Broadlands	Royal
Population	288	313
Median age	41.0 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$93,500
Median home value	$114,300	$144,600
Median gross rent	$961	$1,109
Housing units	112	142
Homeownership rate	76.2%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broadlands	Royal
Population	362 → 288 (-20.4%)	327 → 313 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $67,917 (+24.0%)	$82,750 → $93,500 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$88,400 → $114,300 (+29.3%)	$152,200 → $144,600 (-5.0%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $961 (+13.1%)	$1,300 → $1,109 (-14.7%)

Broadlands

Population

362288

Median household income

$54,792$67,917

Median home value

$88,400$114,300

Median gross rent

$850$961

Royal

Population

327313

Median household income

$82,750$93,500

Median home value

$152,200$144,600

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broadlands	Royal
Under 5	2.4%	1.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	13.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	16.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.8%
75 and over	4.5%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broadlands	Royal
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broadlands	Royal
No high school diploma	11.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broadlands	Royal
Drove alone	89.3%	82.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	9.0%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broadlands	Royal
1-unit, detached	90.2%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Broadlands	Royal
Poverty rate	14.6%	1.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1957	1963