Orchard vs Royal

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

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

Orchard has the higher population (346 vs 40 in Royal). Royal has the higher median household income ($57,917 vs $48,281 in Orchard). Orchard has the higher median home value ($77,900 vs $61,300 in Royal).

Population, income & housing

	Orchard	Royal
Population	346	40
Median age	38.2 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,281	$57,917
Median home value	$77,900	$61,300
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	186	33
Homeownership rate	76.6%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orchard	Royal
Population	524 → 346 (-34.0%)	71 → 40 (-43.7%)
Median household income	$43,958 → $48,281 (+9.8%)	$75,278 → $57,917 (-23.1%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $77,900 (+47.0%)	$55,600 → $61,300 (+10.3%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $850 (+30.8%)	—

Orchard

Population

524346

Median household income

$43,958$48,281

Median home value

$53,000$77,900

Median gross rent

$650$850

Royal

Population

7140

Median household income

$75,278$57,917

Median home value

$55,600$61,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orchard	Royal
Under 5	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	12.5%
25 to 34	9.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	5.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	20.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	20.0%
75 and over	11.8%	37.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orchard	Royal
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orchard	Royal
No high school diploma	4.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.0%	65.7%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orchard	Royal
Drove alone	81.8%	85.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	11.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orchard	Royal
1-unit, detached	98.4%	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	1.6%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Orchard	Royal
Poverty rate	26.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.39	1.38
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1957	1938