Palmyra vs Royal Lakes

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

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

Palmyra has the higher population (524 vs 318 in Royal Lakes). Palmyra has the higher median home value ($86,400 vs $54,400 in Royal Lakes). Since 2019, Royal Lakes's population has grown faster (+69.1% vs -21.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Palmyra	Royal Lakes
Population	524	318
Median age	50.4 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,477	—
Median home value	$86,400	$54,400
Median gross rent	$670	$283
Housing units	339	136
Homeownership rate	81.2%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	23.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palmyra	Royal Lakes
Population	665 → 524 (-21.2%)	188 → 318 (+69.1%)
Median household income	$37,692 → $46,477 (+23.3%)	$30,781 → $18,000 (-41.5%)
Median home value	$64,400 → $86,400 (+34.2%)	$60,000 → $54,400 (-9.3%)
Median gross rent	$541 → $670 (+23.8%)	$581 → $283 (-51.3%)

Palmyra

Population

665524

Median household income

$37,692$46,477

Median home value

$64,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$541$670

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)

	Palmyra	Royal Lakes
Under 5	1.9%	0.6%
5 to 17	11.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	27.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	2.2%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	19.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	14.2%
75 and over	16.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palmyra	Royal Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	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	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palmyra	Royal Lakes
No high school diploma	16.8%	28.1%
High school graduate	53.7%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palmyra	Royal Lakes
Drove alone	87.0%	56.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	30.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palmyra	Royal Lakes
1-unit, detached	56.0%	43.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	27.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.0%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Palmyra	Royal Lakes
Poverty rate	8.6%	30.5%
Average household size	2.14	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	42	—
Median year structure built	1967	1999