Little Falls vs Royalton

A side-by-side comparison of Little Falls and Royalton: population, income, housing, and more.

Little Falls and Royalton are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Little Falls has the higher population (9,094 vs 1,092 in Royalton). Royalton has the higher median household income ($64,643 vs $46,284 in Little Falls). Royalton has the higher median home value ($201,500 vs $198,100 in Little Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Little Falls	Royalton
Population	9,094	1,092
Median age	41.4 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,284	$64,643
Median home value	$198,100	$201,500
Median gross rent	$740	$642
Housing units	4,243	502
Homeownership rate	66.4%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Falls	Royalton
Population	8,664 → 9,094 (+5.0%)	1,239 → 1,092 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$40,031 → $46,284 (+15.6%)	$55,625 → $64,643 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$128,400 → $198,100 (+54.3%)	$141,300 → $201,500 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$799 → $740 (-7.4%)	$690 → $642 (-7.0%)

Little Falls

Population

8,6649,094

Median household income

$40,031$46,284

Median home value

$128,400$198,100

Median gross rent

$799$740

Royalton

Population

1,2391,092

Median household income

$55,625$64,643

Median home value

$141,300$201,500

Median gross rent

$690$642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little Falls	Royalton
Under 5	4.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	19.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	14.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	8.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	8.2%
75 and over	13.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Falls	Royalton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Falls	Royalton
No high school diploma	8.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	38.1%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Falls	Royalton
Drove alone	77.8%	84.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Falls	Royalton
1-unit, detached	70.9%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	5.4%
20 or more units	7.6%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Little Falls	Royalton
Poverty rate	16.1%	20.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1969	1991