Cascade Valley vs Royal City

A side-by-side comparison of Cascade Valley and Royal City: population, income, housing, and more.

Cascade Valley and Royal City are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cascade Valley has the higher population (3,824 vs 1,615 in Royal City). Royal City has the higher median household income ($49,417 vs $48,862 in Cascade Valley). Royal City has the higher median home value ($180,300 vs $101,100 in Cascade Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade Valley	Royal City
Population	3,824	1,615
Median age	46.3 yrs	24.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,862	$49,417
Median home value	$101,100	$180,300
Median gross rent	$1,192	$756
Housing units	1,946	478
Homeownership rate	72.2%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade Valley	Royal City
Population	1,673 → 3,824 (+128.6%)	1,687 → 1,615 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$45,878 → $48,862 (+6.5%)	$38,315 → $49,417 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$263,600 → $101,100 (-61.6%)	$151,300 → $180,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $1,192 (+88.9%)	$689 → $756 (+9.7%)

Cascade Valley

Population

1,6733,824

Median household income

$45,878$48,862

Median home value

$263,600$101,100

Median gross rent

$631$1,192

Royal City

Population

1,6871,615

Median household income

$38,315$49,417

Median home value

$151,300$180,300

Median gross rent

$689$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cascade Valley	Royal City
Under 5	3.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	9.3%	29.2%
18 to 24	16.8%	16.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	19.2%
45 to 54	21.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	4.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	2.4%
75 and over	5.5%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade Valley	Royal City
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	15.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	46.9%	83.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade Valley	Royal City
No high school diploma	29.5%	54.4%
High school graduate	31.4%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade Valley	Royal City
Drove alone	59.5%	78.6%
Carpooled	13.1%	9.8%
Public transit	13.9%	1.4%
Walked	2.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade Valley	Royal City
1-unit, detached	48.7%	39.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	2.6%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	39.3%	38.9%

Poverty & households

	Cascade Valley	Royal City
Poverty rate	13.9%	28.2%
Average household size	2.28	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1987	1990