Royalton vs West City

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

Royalton and West City 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 612 in West City). Royalton has the higher median household income ($49,625 vs $48,672 in West City). West City has the higher median home value ($60,000 vs $51,900 in Royalton).

Population, income & housing

	Royalton	West City
Population	1,076	612
Median age	41.8 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,625	$48,672
Median home value	$51,900	$60,000
Median gross rent	$901	$867
Housing units	576	301
Homeownership rate	67.5%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royalton	West City
Population	1,173 → 1,076 (-8.3%)	772 → 612 (-20.7%)
Median household income	$38,889 → $49,625 (+27.6%)	$42,125 → $48,672 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$49,000 → $51,900 (+5.9%)	$71,300 → $60,000 (-15.8%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $901 (+42.3%)	$661 → $867 (+31.2%)

Royalton

Population

1,1731,076

Median household income

$38,889$49,625

Median home value

$49,000$51,900

Median gross rent

$633$901

West City

Population

772612

Median household income

$42,125$48,672

Median home value

$71,300$60,000

Median gross rent

$661$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royalton	West City
Under 5	3.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	12.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	15.2%	19.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.8%
75 and over	6.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royalton	West City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royalton	West City
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	39.3%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royalton	West City
Drove alone	79.0%	88.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	0.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royalton	West City
1-unit, detached	78.1%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Royalton	West City
Poverty rate	17.3%	26.0%
Average household size	2.05	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	32	19
Median year structure built	1959	1957