Christopher vs Royalton

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

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

Christopher has the higher population (2,413 vs 1,076 in Royalton). Royalton has the higher median household income ($49,625 vs $42,244 in Christopher). Christopher has the higher median home value ($68,800 vs $51,900 in Royalton).

Population, income & housing

	Christopher	Royalton
Population	2,413	1,076
Median age	49.3 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,244	$49,625
Median home value	$68,800	$51,900
Median gross rent	$652	$901
Housing units	1,432	576
Homeownership rate	71.1%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christopher	Royalton
Population	2,718 → 2,413 (-11.2%)	1,173 → 1,076 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$33,491 → $42,244 (+26.1%)	$38,889 → $49,625 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $68,800 (+5.2%)	$49,000 → $51,900 (+5.9%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $652 (-4.1%)	$633 → $901 (+42.3%)

Christopher

Population

2,7182,413

Median household income

$33,491$42,244

Median home value

$65,400$68,800

Median gross rent

$680$652

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)

	Christopher	Royalton
Under 5	3.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	12.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	15.7%	11.2%
75 and over	11.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christopher	Royalton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christopher	Royalton
No high school diploma	7.5%	8.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christopher	Royalton
Drove alone	83.6%	79.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	16.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christopher	Royalton
1-unit, detached	80.9%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Christopher	Royalton
Poverty rate	22.7%	17.3%
Average household size	1.96	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1953	1959