Royal Lakes vs Shipman

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

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

Shipman has the higher population (667 vs 318 in Royal Lakes). Shipman has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $54,400 in Royal Lakes). Since 2019, Royal Lakes's population has grown faster (+69.1% vs +9.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Royal Lakes	Shipman
Population	318	667
Median age	48.6 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$62,500
Median home value	$54,400	$92,500
Median gross rent	$283	$788
Housing units	136	248
Homeownership rate	58.8%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	23.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royal Lakes	Shipman
Population	188 → 318 (+69.1%)	607 → 667 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$30,781 → $18,000 (-41.5%)	$48,864 → $62,500 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $54,400 (-9.3%)	$92,900 → $92,500 (-0.4%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $283 (-51.3%)	$770 → $788 (+2.3%)

Royal Lakes

Population

188318

Median household income

$30,781$18,000

Median home value

$60,000$54,400

Median gross rent

$581$283

Shipman

Population

607667

Median household income

$48,864$62,500

Median home value

$92,900$92,500

Median gross rent

$770$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royal Lakes	Shipman
Under 5	0.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	26.5%
18 to 24	27.4%	12.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	2.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	19.5%	5.7%
65 to 74	14.2%	9.0%
75 and over	6.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royal Lakes	Shipman
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	97.2%
Black or African American	74.8%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royal Lakes	Shipman
No high school diploma	28.1%	7.9%
High school graduate	50.6%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royal Lakes	Shipman
Drove alone	56.7%	89.0%
Carpooled	30.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royal Lakes	Shipman
1-unit, detached	43.4%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	27.9%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Royal Lakes	Shipman
Poverty rate	30.5%	12.1%
Average household size	3.12	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1999	1960