Heath vs Royse City

A side-by-side comparison of Heath and Royse City: population, income, housing, and more.

Heath and Royse City are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Royse City has the higher population (17,357 vs 10,218 in Heath). Heath has the higher median household income ($216,160 vs $116,424 in Royse City). Heath has the higher median home value ($681,500 vs $288,400 in Royse City).

Population, income & housing

	Heath	Royse City
Population	10,218	17,357
Median age	43.1 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$216,160	$116,424
Median home value	$681,500	$288,400
Median gross rent	$1,854	$2,108
Housing units	3,466	6,185
Homeownership rate	95.3%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.6%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heath	Royse City
Population	8,709 → 10,218 (+17.3%)	12,982 → 17,357 (+33.7%)
Median household income	$155,781 → $216,160 (+38.8%)	$82,860 → $116,424 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$484,600 → $681,500 (+40.6%)	$188,700 → $288,400 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,993 → $1,854 (-7.0%)	$1,589 → $2,108 (+32.7%)

Heath

Population

8,70910,218

Median household income

$155,781$216,160

Median home value

$484,600$681,500

Median gross rent

$1,993$1,854

Royse City

Population

12,98217,357

Median household income

$82,860$116,424

Median home value

$188,700$288,400

Median gross rent

$1,589$2,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heath	Royse City
Under 5	6.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	22.5%	20.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	5.8%	16.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	17.3%	9.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	6.3%
75 and over	5.6%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heath	Royse City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	62.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heath	Royse City
No high school diploma	2.4%	10.3%
High school graduate	13.0%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heath	Royse City
Drove alone	66.8%	73.7%
Carpooled	6.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.9%	15.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heath	Royse City
1-unit, detached	97.0%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Heath	Royse City
Poverty rate	2.4%	7.2%
Average household size	2.99	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	36	33
Median year structure built	2001	2007