Royal Center vs Young America

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

Royal Center and Young America 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 298 in Young America). Young America has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $47,422 in Royal Center). Young America has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $84,100 in Royal Center).

Population, income & housing

	Royal Center	Young America
Population	747	298
Median age	41.6 yrs	23.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,422	$51,667
Median home value	$84,100	$109,900
Median gross rent	$817	—
Housing units	411	104
Homeownership rate	65.8%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royal Center	Young America
Population	833 → 747 (-10.3%)	300 → 298 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$52,574 → $47,422 (-9.8%)	$47,596 → $51,667 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $84,100 (+15.2%)	$106,500 → $109,900 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $817 (+28.7%)	—

Royal Center

Population

833747

Median household income

$52,574$47,422

Median home value

$73,000$84,100

Median gross rent

$635$817

Young America

Population

300298

Median household income

$47,596$51,667

Median home value

$106,500$109,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royal Center	Young America
Under 5	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	27.5%
18 to 24	4.8%	26.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	17.8%
35 to 44	15.1%	6.7%
45 to 54	14.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	18.2%	10.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	0.0%
75 and over	8.2%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royal Center	Young America
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	64.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	20.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royal Center	Young America
No high school diploma	10.0%	11.7%
High school graduate	36.1%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royal Center	Young America
Drove alone	80.4%	70.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	29.7%
Public transit	3.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royal Center	Young America
1-unit, detached	85.4%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Royal Center	Young America
Poverty rate	18.3%	33.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1938	1957