Lake Royale vs Youngsville

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

Lake Royale and Youngsville 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 2,581 in Youngsville). Lake Royale has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $61,813 in Youngsville). Youngsville has the higher median home value ($404,500 vs $263,000 in Lake Royale).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Royale	Youngsville
Population	2,959	2,581
Median age	45.2 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$96,250	$61,813
Median home value	$263,000	$404,500
Median gross rent	$1,144	$1,139
Housing units	2,099	1,011
Homeownership rate	92.6%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Royale	Youngsville
Population	3,485 → 2,959 (-15.1%)	2,003 → 2,581 (+28.9%)
Median household income	$57,750 → $96,250 (+66.7%)	$50,956 → $61,813 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$209,800 → $263,000 (+25.4%)	$242,600 → $404,500 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,129 → $1,144 (+1.3%)	$881 → $1,139 (+29.3%)

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

Youngsville

Population

2,0032,581

Median household income

$50,956$61,813

Median home value

$242,600$404,500

Median gross rent

$881$1,139

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Royale	Youngsville
Under 5	1.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	26.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	6.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	19.1%	15.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	8.2%	10.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	5.3%
75 and over	15.1%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Royale	Youngsville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	61.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	28.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Royale	Youngsville
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Royale	Youngsville
Drove alone	93.6%	81.3%
Carpooled	4.3%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Royale	Youngsville
1-unit, detached	73.5%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	23.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Royale	Youngsville
Poverty rate	6.6%	12.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1998	2004