Medora vs Royal Lakes

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

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

Royal Lakes has the higher population (318 vs 295 in Medora). Medora has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $54,400 in Royal Lakes). Since 2019, Royal Lakes's population has grown faster (+69.1% vs -12.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Medora	Royal Lakes
Population	295	318
Median age	44.8 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	—
Median home value	$85,000	$54,400
Median gross rent	$913	$283
Housing units	149	136
Homeownership rate	87.3%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	23.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medora	Royal Lakes
Population	337 → 295 (-12.5%)	188 → 318 (+69.1%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $75,000 (+46.3%)	$30,781 → $18,000 (-41.5%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $85,000 (+28.2%)	$60,000 → $54,400 (-9.3%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $913 (+15.7%)	$581 → $283 (-51.3%)

Medora

Population

337295

Median household income

$51,250$75,000

Median home value

$66,300$85,000

Median gross rent

$789$913

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)

	Medora	Royal Lakes
Under 5	7.8%	0.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	27.4%
25 to 34	8.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	2.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	20.0%	19.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	14.2%
75 and over	7.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medora	Royal Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	24.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	74.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medora	Royal Lakes
No high school diploma	3.9%	28.1%
High school graduate	50.7%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medora	Royal Lakes
Drove alone	68.4%	56.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	30.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medora	Royal Lakes
1-unit, detached	89.9%	43.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	27.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Medora	Royal Lakes
Poverty rate	10.5%	30.5%
Average household size	2.50	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1948	1999