Royalton vs Valier

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

Royalton and Valier 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 596 in Valier). Royalton has the higher median household income ($49,625 vs $41,288 in Valier). Valier has the higher median home value ($70,400 vs $51,900 in Royalton).

Population, income & housing

	Royalton	Valier
Population	1,076	596
Median age	41.8 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,625	$41,288
Median home value	$51,900	$70,400
Median gross rent	$901	$1,100
Housing units	576	324
Homeownership rate	67.5%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royalton	Valier
Population	1,173 → 1,076 (-8.3%)	724 → 596 (-17.7%)
Median household income	$38,889 → $49,625 (+27.6%)	$46,771 → $41,288 (-11.7%)
Median home value	$49,000 → $51,900 (+5.9%)	$63,000 → $70,400 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $901 (+42.3%)	$542 → $1,100 (+103.0%)

Royalton

Population

1,1731,076

Median household income

$38,889$49,625

Median home value

$49,000$51,900

Median gross rent

$633$901

Valier

Population

724596

Median household income

$46,771$41,288

Median home value

$63,000$70,400

Median gross rent

$542$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royalton	Valier
Under 5	3.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	12.9%
18 to 24	12.1%	4.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	22.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	19.6%
75 and over	6.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royalton	Valier
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royalton	Valier
No high school diploma	8.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	39.3%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royalton	Valier
Drove alone	79.0%	87.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royalton	Valier
1-unit, detached	78.1%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Royalton	Valier
Poverty rate	17.3%	21.5%
Average household size	2.05	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	32	38
Median year structure built	1959	1948