Benton vs Royalton

A side-by-side comparison of Benton and Royalton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Benton has the higher population (7,076 vs 1,076 in Royalton). Benton has the higher median household income ($51,349 vs $49,625 in Royalton). Benton has the higher median home value ($85,100 vs $51,900 in Royalton).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Royalton
Population	7,076	1,076
Median age	42.2 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,349	$49,625
Median home value	$85,100	$51,900
Median gross rent	$776	$901
Housing units	3,488	576
Homeownership rate	62.9%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Royalton
Population	6,971 → 7,076 (+1.5%)	1,173 → 1,076 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$41,149 → $51,349 (+24.8%)	$38,889 → $49,625 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $85,100 (+17.7%)	$49,000 → $51,900 (+5.9%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $776 (+16.3%)	$633 → $901 (+42.3%)

Benton

Population

6,9717,076

Median household income

$41,149$51,349

Median home value

$72,300$85,100

Median gross rent

$667$776

Royalton

Population

1,1731,076

Median household income

$38,889$49,625

Median home value

$49,000$51,900

Median gross rent

$633$901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Royalton
Under 5	5.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	12.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.3%	11.2%
75 and over	10.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Royalton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	92.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Royalton
No high school diploma	14.5%	8.0%
High school graduate	30.0%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Royalton
Drove alone	72.7%	79.0%
Carpooled	14.9%	4.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	16.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Royalton
1-unit, detached	74.8%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Royalton
Poverty rate	17.9%	17.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1958	1959