North City vs Royalton

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

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

Royalton has the higher population (1,076 vs 708 in North City). North City has the higher median household income ($50,469 vs $49,625 in Royalton). North City has the higher median home value ($107,400 vs $51,900 in Royalton).

Population, income & housing

	North City	Royalton
Population	708	1,076
Median age	56.2 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,469	$49,625
Median home value	$107,400	$51,900
Median gross rent	$1,106	$901
Housing units	357	576
Homeownership rate	91.6%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North City	Royalton
Population	560 → 708 (+26.4%)	1,173 → 1,076 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$43,500 → $50,469 (+16.0%)	$38,889 → $49,625 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $107,400 (+65.2%)	$49,000 → $51,900 (+5.9%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $1,106 (+61.7%)	$633 → $901 (+42.3%)

North City

Population

560708

Median household income

$43,500$50,469

Median home value

$65,000$107,400

Median gross rent

$684$1,106

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)

	North City	Royalton
Under 5	3.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	9.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	3.4%	12.1%
25 to 34	7.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	27.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	15.1%	11.2%
75 and over	10.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North City	Royalton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North City	Royalton
No high school diploma	6.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North City	Royalton
Drove alone	69.0%	79.0%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	16.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North City	Royalton
1-unit, detached	88.5%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	North City	Royalton
Poverty rate	9.6%	17.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1971	1959