Ludlow vs Royal

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

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

Ludlow has the higher population (337 vs 313 in Royal). Royal has the higher median household income ($93,500 vs $46,250 in Ludlow). Royal has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $74,500 in Ludlow).

Population, income & housing

	Ludlow	Royal
Population	337	313
Median age	29.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$93,500
Median home value	$74,500	$144,600
Median gross rent	$775	$1,109
Housing units	168	142
Homeownership rate	57.4%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	15.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ludlow	Royal
Population	354 → 337 (-4.8%)	327 → 313 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$49,643 → $46,250 (-6.8%)	$82,750 → $93,500 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $74,500 (+44.1%)	$152,200 → $144,600 (-5.0%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $775 (+21.5%)	$1,300 → $1,109 (-14.7%)

Ludlow

Population

354337

Median household income

$49,643$46,250

Median home value

$51,700$74,500

Median gross rent

$638$775

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)

	Ludlow	Royal
Under 5	9.2%	1.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	18.5%
18 to 24	16.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	6.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	5.3%	11.8%
75 and over	2.1%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ludlow	Royal
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	26.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ludlow	Royal
No high school diploma	21.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	38.9%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ludlow	Royal
Drove alone	77.6%	82.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ludlow	Royal
1-unit, detached	76.2%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ludlow	Royal
Poverty rate	25.2%	1.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1950	1963