Penfield vs Royal

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

Penfield 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 195 in Penfield). Penfield has the higher median household income ($94,531 vs $93,500 in Royal). Royal has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $97,200 in Penfield).

Population, income & housing

	Penfield	Royal
Population	195	313
Median age	52.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$94,531	$93,500
Median home value	$97,200	$144,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,109
Housing units	88	142
Homeownership rate	83.5%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penfield	Royal
Population	130 → 195 (+50.0%)	327 → 313 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$48,194 → $94,531 (+96.1%)	$82,750 → $93,500 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$102,500 → $97,200 (-5.2%)	$152,200 → $144,600 (-5.0%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $703 (+5.2%)	$1,300 → $1,109 (-14.7%)

Penfield

Population

130195

Median household income

$48,194$94,531

Median home value

$102,500$97,200

Median gross rent

$668$703

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)

	Penfield	Royal
Under 5	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	2.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	4.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	33.3%	11.8%
75 and over	5.6%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penfield	Royal
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penfield	Royal
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	81.3%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penfield	Royal
Drove alone	84.8%	82.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Penfield	Royal
1-unit, detached	100.0%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Penfield	Royal
Poverty rate	12.6%	1.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1938	1963