Anoka vs Royal Center

A side-by-side comparison of Anoka and Royal Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Anoka and Royal Center are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Royal Center has the higher population (747 vs 400 in Anoka). Royal Center has the higher median household income ($47,422 vs $34,167 in Anoka). Royal Center has the higher median home value ($84,100 vs $11,800 in Anoka).

Population, income & housing

	Anoka	Royal Center
Population	400	747
Median age	33.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$34,167	$47,422
Median home value	$11,800	$84,100
Median gross rent	$941	$817
Housing units	190	411
Homeownership rate	69.9%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anoka	Royal Center
Population	294 → 400 (+36.1%)	833 → 747 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$45,083 → $34,167 (-24.2%)	$52,574 → $47,422 (-9.8%)
Median home value	$11,900 → $11,800 (-0.8%)	$73,000 → $84,100 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$635 → $817 (+28.7%)

Anoka

Population

294400

Median household income

$45,083$34,167

Median home value

$11,900$11,800

Royal Center

Population

833747

Median household income

$52,574$47,422

Median home value

$73,000$84,100

Median gross rent

$635$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anoka	Royal Center
Under 5	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	14.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	27.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	2.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	9.5%	18.2%
65 to 74	16.3%	7.0%
75 and over	5.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anoka	Royal Center
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anoka	Royal Center
No high school diploma	16.5%	10.0%
High school graduate	43.5%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anoka	Royal Center
Drove alone	41.4%	80.4%
Carpooled	42.6%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anoka	Royal Center
1-unit, detached	17.4%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	77.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Anoka	Royal Center
Poverty rate	36.3%	18.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1981	1938