Grand Coulee vs Royal City

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

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

Royal City has the higher population (1,615 vs 977 in Grand Coulee). Royal City has the higher median household income ($49,417 vs $42,083 in Grand Coulee). Grand Coulee has the higher median home value ($211,900 vs $180,300 in Royal City).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Coulee	Royal City
Population	977	1,615
Median age	48.2 yrs	24.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,083	$49,417
Median home value	$211,900	$180,300
Median gross rent	$650	$756
Housing units	621	478
Homeownership rate	63.8%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Coulee	Royal City
Population	1,067 → 977 (-8.4%)	1,687 → 1,615 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$40,809 → $42,083 (+3.1%)	$38,315 → $49,417 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$119,300 → $211,900 (+77.6%)	$151,300 → $180,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $650 (+3.0%)	$689 → $756 (+9.7%)

Grand Coulee

Population

1,067977

Median household income

$40,809$42,083

Median home value

$119,300$211,900

Median gross rent

$631$650

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)

	Grand Coulee	Royal City
Under 5	2.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.0%	29.2%
18 to 24	11.5%	16.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	7.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	19.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	18.0%	4.7%
65 to 74	14.1%	2.4%
75 and over	8.2%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Coulee	Royal City
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	15.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	83.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Coulee	Royal City
No high school diploma	13.3%	54.4%
High school graduate	23.5%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	47.3%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Coulee	Royal City
Drove alone	81.9%	78.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Coulee	Royal City
1-unit, detached	58.1%	39.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	6.7%
20 or more units	8.9%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	38.9%

Poverty & households

	Grand Coulee	Royal City
Poverty rate	30.5%	28.2%
Average household size	1.92	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1964	1990