Royal Lakes vs White City

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

Royal Lakes and White City 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 289 in White City). White City has the higher median home value ($119,900 vs $54,400 in Royal Lakes). Since 2019, Royal Lakes's population has grown faster (+69.1% vs +32.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Royal Lakes	White City
Population	318	289
Median age	48.6 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$76,875
Median home value	$54,400	$119,900
Median gross rent	$283	—
Housing units	136	132
Homeownership rate	58.8%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	23.1%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royal Lakes	White City
Population	188 → 318 (+69.1%)	218 → 289 (+32.6%)
Median household income	$30,781 → $18,000 (-41.5%)	$53,438 → $76,875 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $54,400 (-9.3%)	$90,000 → $119,900 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $283 (-51.3%)	—

Royal Lakes

Population

188318

Median household income

$30,781$18,000

Median home value

$60,000$54,400

Median gross rent

$581$283

White City

Population

218289

Median household income

$53,438$76,875

Median home value

$90,000$119,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royal Lakes	White City
Under 5	0.6%	2.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	9.7%
18 to 24	27.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	2.2%	21.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	17.6%
55 to 64	19.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	14.2%	9.3%
75 and over	6.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royal Lakes	White City
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	97.2%
Black or African American	74.8%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royal Lakes	White City
No high school diploma	28.1%	10.5%
High school graduate	50.6%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royal Lakes	White City
Drove alone	56.7%	95.2%
Carpooled	30.0%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royal Lakes	White City
1-unit, detached	43.4%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	27.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Royal Lakes	White City
Poverty rate	30.5%	12.1%
Average household size	3.12	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1999	1984