Centerville vs Lake Royale

A side-by-side comparison of Centerville and Lake Royale: population, income, housing, and more.

Centerville and Lake Royale are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Royale has the higher population (2,959 vs 136 in Centerville). Centerville has the higher median household income ($138,235 vs $96,250 in Lake Royale). Lake Royale has the higher median home value ($263,000 vs $139,800 in Centerville).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Lake Royale
Population	136	2,959
Median age	32.6 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$138,235	$96,250
Median home value	$139,800	$263,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,144
Housing units	48	2,099
Homeownership rate	93.8%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Lake Royale
Population	359 → 136 (-62.1%)	3,485 → 2,959 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$90,804 → $138,235 (+52.2%)	$57,750 → $96,250 (+66.7%)
Median home value	$138,800 → $139,800 (+0.7%)	$209,800 → $263,000 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $690 (-0.7%)	$1,129 → $1,144 (+1.3%)

Centerville

Population

359136

Median household income

$90,804$138,235

Median home value

$138,800$139,800

Median gross rent

$695$690

Lake Royale

Population

3,4852,959

Median household income

$57,750$96,250

Median home value

$209,800$263,000

Median gross rent

$1,129$1,144

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Lake Royale
Under 5	24.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	4.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	30.9%	6.4%
35 to 44	30.1%	19.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.3%	8.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.6%
75 and over	0.0%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Lake Royale
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	50.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Lake Royale
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	48.5%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Lake Royale
Drove alone	88.6%	93.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Lake Royale
1-unit, detached	29.2%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	70.8%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Lake Royale
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.83	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	2013	1998