Royalton vs Upsala

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

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

Royalton has the higher population (1,092 vs 394 in Upsala). Royalton has the higher median household income ($64,643 vs $61,250 in Upsala). Royalton has the higher median home value ($201,500 vs $143,400 in Upsala).

Population, income & housing

	Royalton	Upsala
Population	1,092	394
Median age	33.5 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,643	$61,250
Median home value	$201,500	$143,400
Median gross rent	$642	$725
Housing units	502	197
Homeownership rate	67.0%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royalton	Upsala
Population	1,239 → 1,092 (-11.9%)	497 → 394 (-20.7%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $64,643 (+16.2%)	$57,500 → $61,250 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $201,500 (+42.6%)	$137,500 → $143,400 (+4.3%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $642 (-7.0%)	$675 → $725 (+7.4%)

Royalton

Population

1,2391,092

Median household income

$55,625$64,643

Median home value

$141,300$201,500

Median gross rent

$690$642

Upsala

Population

497394

Median household income

$57,500$61,250

Median home value

$137,500$143,400

Median gross rent

$675$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royalton	Upsala
Under 5	6.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.5%	19.0%
18 to 24	14.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.4%
75 and over	6.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royalton	Upsala
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	89.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royalton	Upsala
No high school diploma	4.1%	12.5%
High school graduate	39.4%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royalton	Upsala
Drove alone	84.0%	72.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	5.5%	2.1%
Other means	0.5%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royalton	Upsala
1-unit, detached	64.7%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	10.7%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Royalton	Upsala
Poverty rate	20.8%	3.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1991	1967