Royal vs Sadorus

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

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

Sadorus has the higher population (342 vs 313 in Royal). Sadorus has the higher median household income ($97,560 vs $93,500 in Royal). Royal has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $126,100 in Sadorus).

Population, income & housing

	Royal	Sadorus
Population	313	342
Median age	40.1 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,500	$97,560
Median home value	$144,600	$126,100
Median gross rent	$1,109	$950
Housing units	142	165
Homeownership rate	86.6%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royal	Sadorus
Population	327 → 313 (-4.3%)	347 → 342 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$82,750 → $93,500 (+13.0%)	$49,205 → $97,560 (+98.3%)
Median home value	$152,200 → $144,600 (-5.0%)	$98,500 → $126,100 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,300 → $1,109 (-14.7%)	$733 → $950 (+29.6%)

Royal

Population

327313

Median household income

$82,750$93,500

Median home value

$152,200$144,600

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,109

Sadorus

Population

347342

Median household income

$49,205$97,560

Median home value

$98,500$126,100

Median gross rent

$733$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royal	Sadorus
Under 5	1.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	4.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.8%	25.1%
75 and over	11.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royal	Sadorus
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	85.1%
Black or African American	8.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royal	Sadorus
No high school diploma	1.3%	12.9%
High school graduate	33.0%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royal	Sadorus
Drove alone	82.0%	81.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royal	Sadorus
1-unit, detached	90.8%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Royal	Sadorus
Poverty rate	1.9%	5.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1963	1969