East Gillespie vs Royal Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of East Gillespie and Royal Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

East Gillespie and Royal Lakes are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Gillespie has the higher population (325 vs 318 in Royal Lakes). East Gillespie has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $54,400 in Royal Lakes). Since 2019, Royal Lakes's population has grown faster (+69.1% vs +40.7%).

Population, income & housing

	East Gillespie	Royal Lakes
Population	325	318
Median age	56.9 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,167	—
Median home value	$125,000	$54,400
Median gross rent	$840	$283
Housing units	148	136
Homeownership rate	89.6%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	23.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Gillespie	Royal Lakes
Population	231 → 325 (+40.7%)	188 → 318 (+69.1%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $64,167 (-9.9%)	$30,781 → $18,000 (-41.5%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $125,000 (+8.7%)	$60,000 → $54,400 (-9.3%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $840 (+2.4%)	$581 → $283 (-51.3%)

East Gillespie

Population

231325

Median household income

$71,250$64,167

Median home value

$115,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$820$840

Royal Lakes

Population

188318

Median household income

$30,781$18,000

Median home value

$60,000$54,400

Median gross rent

$581$283

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Gillespie	Royal Lakes
Under 5	2.2%	0.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	27.4%
25 to 34	4.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	2.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	19.5%
65 to 74	15.7%	14.2%
75 and over	23.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Gillespie	Royal Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	24.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	74.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Gillespie	Royal Lakes
No high school diploma	4.7%	28.1%
High school graduate	42.9%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Gillespie	Royal Lakes
Drove alone	88.0%	56.7%
Carpooled	6.0%	30.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Gillespie	Royal Lakes
1-unit, detached	92.6%	43.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	27.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	East Gillespie	Royal Lakes
Poverty rate	6.2%	30.5%
Average household size	2.43	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1963	1999