Royalton vs Zeigler

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

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

Zeigler has the higher population (1,325 vs 1,076 in Royalton). Royalton has the higher median household income ($49,625 vs $39,148 in Zeigler). Zeigler has the higher median home value ($52,000 vs $51,900 in Royalton).

Population, income & housing

	Royalton	Zeigler
Population	1,076	1,325
Median age	41.8 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,625	$39,148
Median home value	$51,900	$52,000
Median gross rent	$901	$694
Housing units	576	760
Homeownership rate	67.5%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royalton	Zeigler
Population	1,173 → 1,076 (-8.3%)	1,801 → 1,325 (-26.4%)
Median household income	$38,889 → $49,625 (+27.6%)	$43,188 → $39,148 (-9.4%)
Median home value	$49,000 → $51,900 (+5.9%)	$52,800 → $52,000 (-1.5%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $901 (+42.3%)	$548 → $694 (+26.6%)

Royalton

Population

1,1731,076

Median household income

$38,889$49,625

Median home value

$49,000$51,900

Median gross rent

$633$901

Zeigler

Population

1,8011,325

Median household income

$43,188$39,148

Median home value

$52,800$52,000

Median gross rent

$548$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royalton	Zeigler
Under 5	3.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	12.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	15.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.5%
75 and over	6.8%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royalton	Zeigler
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royalton	Zeigler
No high school diploma	8.0%	12.6%
High school graduate	39.3%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royalton	Zeigler
Drove alone	79.0%	80.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royalton	Zeigler
1-unit, detached	78.1%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Royalton	Zeigler
Poverty rate	17.3%	16.7%
Average household size	2.05	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1959	1938