Mount Royal vs Railroad

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

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

Mount Royal has the higher population (323 vs 286 in Railroad). Railroad has the higher median home value ($211,400 vs $191,100 in Mount Royal).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Royal	Railroad
Population	323	286
Median age	36.6 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,653	—
Median home value	$191,100	$211,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,026
Housing units	163	141
Homeownership rate	86.5%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Royal	Railroad
Population	—	259 → 286 (+10.4%)
Median household income	—	$67,188 → $41,458 (-38.3%)
Median home value	—	$172,300 → $211,400 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$938 → $1,026 (+9.4%)

Mount Royal

Railroad

Population

259286

Median household income

$67,188$41,458

Median home value

$172,300$211,400

Median gross rent

$938$1,026

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Royal	Railroad
Under 5	3.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	19.9%
35 to 44	31.3%	6.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.0%
75 and over	6.8%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Royal	Railroad
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	99.3%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Royal	Railroad
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	67.7%	52.4%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Royal	Railroad
Drove alone	74.5%	84.3%
Carpooled	20.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Royal	Railroad
1-unit, detached	84.0%	36.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	21.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	29.8%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Mount Royal	Railroad
Poverty rate	3.4%	16.4%
Average household size	1.98	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1957	1938