Royal Lakes vs Wilsonville

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

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

Wilsonville has the higher population (492 vs 318 in Royal Lakes). Wilsonville has the higher median home value ($86,000 vs $54,400 in Royal Lakes). Since 2019, Royal Lakes's population has grown faster (+69.1% vs -22.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Royal Lakes	Wilsonville
Population	318	492
Median age	48.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$49,038
Median home value	$54,400	$86,000
Median gross rent	$283	$878
Housing units	136	258
Homeownership rate	58.8%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	23.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royal Lakes	Wilsonville
Population	188 → 318 (+69.1%)	634 → 492 (-22.4%)
Median household income	$30,781 → $18,000 (-41.5%)	$41,118 → $49,038 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $54,400 (-9.3%)	$56,300 → $86,000 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $283 (-51.3%)	$763 → $878 (+15.1%)

Royal Lakes

Population

188318

Median household income

$30,781$18,000

Median home value

$60,000$54,400

Median gross rent

$581$283

Wilsonville

Population

634492

Median household income

$41,118$49,038

Median home value

$56,300$86,000

Median gross rent

$763$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royal Lakes	Wilsonville
Under 5	0.6%	0.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	27.4%	5.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	2.2%	20.3%
45 to 54	14.2%	14.2%
55 to 64	19.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	14.2%	12.2%
75 and over	6.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royal Lakes	Wilsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	99.2%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royal Lakes	Wilsonville
No high school diploma	28.1%	17.9%
High school graduate	50.6%	60.5%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royal Lakes	Wilsonville
Drove alone	56.7%	85.0%
Carpooled	30.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royal Lakes	Wilsonville
1-unit, detached	43.4%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	27.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Royal Lakes	Wilsonville
Poverty rate	30.5%	13.6%
Average household size	3.12	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	—	37
Median year structure built	1999	1949