Mount Clare vs Royal Lakes

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

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

Mount Clare has the higher population (322 vs 318 in Royal Lakes). Mount Clare has the higher median home value ($111,100 vs $54,400 in Royal Lakes). Since 2019, Royal Lakes's population has grown faster (+69.1% vs +26.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Clare	Royal Lakes
Population	322	318
Median age	56.7 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,125	—
Median home value	$111,100	$54,400
Median gross rent	$569	$283
Housing units	122	136
Homeownership rate	75.2%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	23.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Clare	Royal Lakes
Population	255 → 322 (+26.3%)	188 → 318 (+69.1%)
Median household income	$28,929 → $66,125 (+128.6%)	$30,781 → $18,000 (-41.5%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $111,100 (+40.6%)	$60,000 → $54,400 (-9.3%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $569 (-5.2%)	$581 → $283 (-51.3%)

Mount Clare

Population

255322

Median household income

$28,929$66,125

Median home value

$79,000$111,100

Median gross rent

$600$569

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)

	Mount Clare	Royal Lakes
Under 5	4.7%	0.6%
5 to 17	10.9%	16.0%
18 to 24	3.7%	27.4%
25 to 34	5.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	2.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	19.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	14.2%
75 and over	26.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Clare	Royal Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	24.2%
Black or African American	3.4%	74.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Clare	Royal Lakes
No high school diploma	11.9%	28.1%
High school graduate	51.2%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Clare	Royal Lakes
Drove alone	83.8%	56.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	30.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Clare	Royal Lakes
1-unit, detached	82.8%	43.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	27.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Mount Clare	Royal Lakes
Poverty rate	16.2%	30.5%
Average household size	2.38	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	34	—
Median year structure built	1962	1999