Lake Royale vs Louisburg

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

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

Louisburg has the higher population (3,128 vs 2,959 in Lake Royale). Lake Royale has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $31,827 in Louisburg). Lake Royale has the higher median home value ($263,000 vs $217,400 in Louisburg).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Royale	Louisburg
Population	2,959	3,128
Median age	45.2 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,250	$31,827
Median home value	$263,000	$217,400
Median gross rent	$1,144	$1,008
Housing units	2,099	1,220
Homeownership rate	92.6%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	26.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Royale	Louisburg
Population	3,485 → 2,959 (-15.1%)	3,531 → 3,128 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$57,750 → $96,250 (+66.7%)	$41,250 → $31,827 (-22.8%)
Median home value	$209,800 → $263,000 (+25.4%)	$161,100 → $217,400 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,129 → $1,144 (+1.3%)	$586 → $1,008 (+72.0%)

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

Louisburg

Population

3,5313,128

Median household income

$41,250$31,827

Median home value

$161,100$217,400

Median gross rent

$586$1,008

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Royale	Louisburg
Under 5	1.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	17.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	19.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	15.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	8.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	7.8%
75 and over	15.1%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Royale	Louisburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	42.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	47.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Royale	Louisburg
No high school diploma	4.7%	15.6%
High school graduate	35.5%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Royale	Louisburg
Drove alone	93.6%	78.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Royale	Louisburg
1-unit, detached	73.5%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	23.3%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Royale	Louisburg
Poverty rate	6.6%	37.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	35	38
Median year structure built	1998	1970