Royal Center vs Walton

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

Royal Center and Walton 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 734 in Walton). Royal Center has the higher median household income ($47,422 vs $46,176 in Walton). Walton has the higher median home value ($89,200 vs $84,100 in Royal Center).

Population, income & housing

	Royal Center	Walton
Population	747	734
Median age	41.6 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,422	$46,176
Median home value	$84,100	$89,200
Median gross rent	$817	$630
Housing units	411	384
Homeownership rate	65.8%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royal Center	Walton
Population	833 → 747 (-10.3%)	1,107 → 734 (-33.7%)
Median household income	$52,574 → $47,422 (-9.8%)	$49,750 → $46,176 (-7.2%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $84,100 (+15.2%)	$73,800 → $89,200 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $817 (+28.7%)	$811 → $630 (-22.3%)

Royal Center

Population

833747

Median household income

$52,574$47,422

Median home value

$73,000$84,100

Median gross rent

$635$817

Walton

Population

1,107734

Median household income

$49,750$46,176

Median home value

$73,800$89,200

Median gross rent

$811$630

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royal Center	Walton
Under 5	2.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	8.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	4.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	21.3%
55 to 64	18.2%	23.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	9.3%
75 and over	8.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royal Center	Walton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royal Center	Walton
No high school diploma	10.0%	19.4%
High school graduate	36.1%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royal Center	Walton
Drove alone	80.4%	90.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.2%
Public transit	3.7%	1.7%
Walked	3.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	1.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royal Center	Walton
1-unit, detached	85.4%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Royal Center	Walton
Poverty rate	18.3%	18.0%
Average household size	2.11	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1938	1954