Royalton vs Thompsonville

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

Royalton and Thompsonville 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 475 in Thompsonville). Royalton has the higher median household income ($49,625 vs $46,023 in Thompsonville). Thompsonville has the higher median home value ($85,700 vs $51,900 in Royalton).

Population, income & housing

	Royalton	Thompsonville
Population	1,076	475
Median age	41.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,625	$46,023
Median home value	$51,900	$85,700
Median gross rent	$901	$708
Housing units	576	303
Homeownership rate	67.5%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royalton	Thompsonville
Population	1,173 → 1,076 (-8.3%)	496 → 475 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$38,889 → $49,625 (+27.6%)	$32,604 → $46,023 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$49,000 → $51,900 (+5.9%)	$73,900 → $85,700 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $901 (+42.3%)	$654 → $708 (+8.3%)

Royalton

Population

1,1731,076

Median household income

$38,889$49,625

Median home value

$49,000$51,900

Median gross rent

$633$901

Thompsonville

Population

496475

Median household income

$32,604$46,023

Median home value

$73,900$85,700

Median gross rent

$654$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royalton	Thompsonville
Under 5	3.0%	14.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	8.4%
18 to 24	12.1%	12.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.0%
75 and over	6.8%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royalton	Thompsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royalton	Thompsonville
No high school diploma	8.0%	18.0%
High school graduate	39.3%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royalton	Thompsonville
Drove alone	79.0%	80.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royalton	Thompsonville
1-unit, detached	78.1%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Royalton	Thompsonville
Poverty rate	17.3%	16.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1959	1977