Royal vs Seymour

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

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

Seymour has the higher population (333 vs 313 in Royal). Royal has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $135,500 in Seymour). Since 2019, Seymour's population has grown faster (+2.5% vs -4.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Royal	Seymour
Population	313	333
Median age	40.1 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,500	—
Median home value	$144,600	$135,500
Median gross rent	$1,109	—
Housing units	142	132
Homeownership rate	86.6%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royal	Seymour
Population	327 → 313 (-4.3%)	325 → 333 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$82,750 → $93,500 (+13.0%)	$105,893 → $120,703 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$152,200 → $144,600 (-5.0%)	$106,900 → $135,500 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,300 → $1,109 (-14.7%)	—

Royal

Population

327313

Median household income

$82,750$93,500

Median home value

$152,200$144,600

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,109

Seymour

Population

325333

Median household income

$105,893$120,703

Median home value

$106,900$135,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royal	Seymour
Under 5	1.6%	14.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	24.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	19.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	4.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	6.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	3.6%
75 and over	11.5%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royal	Seymour
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	8.6%	0.0%
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	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royal	Seymour
No high school diploma	1.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.0%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royal	Seymour
Drove alone	82.0%	72.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	27.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royal	Seymour
1-unit, detached	90.8%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
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%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Royal	Seymour
Poverty rate	1.9%	15.3%
Average household size	2.34	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1963	1959