Oakdale vs Royal

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

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

Oakdale has the higher population (351 vs 40 in Royal). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $57,917 in Royal). Royal has the higher median home value ($61,300 vs $43,700 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Oakdale	Royal
Population	351	40
Median age	38.5 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$57,917
Median home value	$43,700	$61,300
Median gross rent	$913	—
Housing units	178	33
Homeownership rate	86.0%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakdale	Royal
Population	366 → 351 (-4.1%)	71 → 40 (-43.7%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $58,750 (+62.1%)	$75,278 → $57,917 (-23.1%)
Median home value	$22,300 → $43,700 (+96.0%)	$55,600 → $61,300 (+10.3%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $913 (+24.2%)	—

Oakdale

Population

366351

Median household income

$36,250$58,750

Median home value

$22,300$43,700

Median gross rent

$735$913

Royal

Population

7140

Median household income

$75,278$57,917

Median home value

$55,600$61,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakdale	Royal
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	14.2%	12.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	20.0%
65 to 74	13.4%	20.0%
75 and over	3.1%	37.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakdale	Royal
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakdale	Royal
No high school diploma	16.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.4%	65.7%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakdale	Royal
Drove alone	79.8%	85.2%
Carpooled	20.2%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	11.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakdale	Royal
1-unit, detached	96.1%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Oakdale	Royal
Poverty rate	23.6%	10.0%
Average household size	2.45	1.38
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938