Royalton vs Sesser

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

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

Sesser has the higher population (1,919 vs 1,076 in Royalton). Sesser has the higher median household income ($52,326 vs $49,625 in Royalton). Sesser has the higher median home value ($79,800 vs $51,900 in Royalton).

Population, income & housing

	Royalton	Sesser
Population	1,076	1,919
Median age	41.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,625	$52,326
Median home value	$51,900	$79,800
Median gross rent	$901	$703
Housing units	576	852
Homeownership rate	67.5%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royalton	Sesser
Population	1,173 → 1,076 (-8.3%)	1,548 → 1,919 (+24.0%)
Median household income	$38,889 → $49,625 (+27.6%)	$53,631 → $52,326 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$49,000 → $51,900 (+5.9%)	$76,600 → $79,800 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $901 (+42.3%)	$700 → $703 (+0.4%)

Royalton

Population

1,1731,076

Median household income

$38,889$49,625

Median home value

$49,000$51,900

Median gross rent

$633$901

Sesser

Population

1,5481,919

Median household income

$53,631$52,326

Median home value

$76,600$79,800

Median gross rent

$700$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royalton	Sesser
Under 5	3.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	12.1%	11.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.4%
75 and over	6.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royalton	Sesser
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royalton	Sesser
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.3%
High school graduate	39.3%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royalton	Sesser
Drove alone	79.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	4.7%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royalton	Sesser
1-unit, detached	78.1%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Royalton	Sesser
Poverty rate	17.3%	15.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1959	1956