Lakeview vs Royal City

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

Lakeview 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 1,601 in Lakeview). Royal City has the higher median household income ($49,417 vs $49,167 in Lakeview). Lakeview has the higher median home value ($200,300 vs $180,300 in Royal City).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeview	Royal City
Population	1,601	1,615
Median age	23.9 yrs	24.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	$49,417
Median home value	$200,300	$180,300
Median gross rent	$993	$756
Housing units	509	478
Homeownership rate	65.4%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeview	Royal City
Population	1,044 → 1,601 (+53.4%)	1,687 → 1,615 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$44,875 → $49,167 (+9.6%)	$38,315 → $49,417 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$152,700 → $200,300 (+31.2%)	$151,300 → $180,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $993 (+30.0%)	$689 → $756 (+9.7%)

Lakeview

Population

1,0441,601

Median household income

$44,875$49,167

Median home value

$152,700$200,300

Median gross rent

$764$993

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)

	Lakeview	Royal City
Under 5	7.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.0%	29.2%
18 to 24	21.4%	16.2%
25 to 34	6.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	19.2%
45 to 54	3.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	9.2%	4.7%
65 to 74	12.6%	2.4%
75 and over	4.1%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeview	Royal City
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	15.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	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	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.8%	83.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeview	Royal City
No high school diploma	6.0%	54.4%
High school graduate	45.5%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeview	Royal City
Drove alone	66.4%	78.6%
Carpooled	28.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeview	Royal City
1-unit, detached	54.0%	39.1%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	37.9%	38.9%

Poverty & households

	Lakeview	Royal City
Poverty rate	19.6%	28.2%
Average household size	3.20	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1977	1990