Galveston vs Royal Center

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

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

Galveston has the higher population (1,326 vs 747 in Royal Center). Galveston has the higher median household income ($56,969 vs $47,422 in Royal Center). Galveston has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $84,100 in Royal Center).

Population, income & housing

	Galveston	Royal Center
Population	1,326	747
Median age	49.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,969	$47,422
Median home value	$121,200	$84,100
Median gross rent	$639	$817
Housing units	715	411
Homeownership rate	66.0%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galveston	Royal Center
Population	1,226 → 1,326 (+8.2%)	833 → 747 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$49,766 → $56,969 (+14.5%)	$52,574 → $47,422 (-9.8%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $121,200 (+37.3%)	$73,000 → $84,100 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $639 (-12.7%)	$635 → $817 (+28.7%)

Galveston

Population

1,2261,326

Median household income

$49,766$56,969

Median home value

$88,300$121,200

Median gross rent

$732$639

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)

	Galveston	Royal Center
Under 5	3.3%	2.1%
5 to 17	12.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	8.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	18.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	19.8%	18.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.0%
75 and over	7.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galveston	Royal Center
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	95.6%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galveston	Royal Center
No high school diploma	10.7%	10.0%
High school graduate	44.5%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galveston	Royal Center
Drove alone	92.1%	80.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.7%
Walked	0.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galveston	Royal Center
1-unit, detached	64.3%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Galveston	Royal Center
Poverty rate	10.6%	18.3%
Average household size	2.01	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1953	1938