Mattawa vs Royal City

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

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

Mattawa has the higher population (3,553 vs 1,615 in Royal City). Royal City has the higher median household income ($49,417 vs $41,250 in Mattawa). Since 2019, Royal City's population has grown faster (-4.3% vs -24.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Mattawa	Royal City
Population	3,553	1,615
Median age	22.5 yrs	24.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$49,417
Median home value	—	$180,300
Median gross rent	$1,089	$756
Housing units	1,025	478
Homeownership rate	28.2%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.7%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mattawa	Royal City
Population	4,715 → 3,553 (-24.6%)	1,687 → 1,615 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$52,031 → $41,250 (-20.7%)	$38,315 → $49,417 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$108,100 → $32,400 (-70.0%)	$151,300 → $180,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,089 (+28.6%)	$689 → $756 (+9.7%)

Mattawa

Population

4,7153,553

Median household income

$52,031$41,250

Median home value

$108,100$32,400

Median gross rent

$847$1,089

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)

	Mattawa	Royal City
Under 5	8.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	27.7%	29.2%
18 to 24	20.3%	16.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	19.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	6.9%	4.7%
65 to 74	1.5%	2.4%
75 and over	2.6%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mattawa	Royal City
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	15.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	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	99.9%	83.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mattawa	Royal City
No high school diploma	71.4%	54.4%
High school graduate	21.0%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	7.0%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mattawa	Royal City
Drove alone	67.1%	78.6%
Carpooled	20.8%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	4.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mattawa	Royal City
1-unit, detached	17.0%	39.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	6.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	58.0%	38.9%

Poverty & households

	Mattawa	Royal City
Poverty rate	25.4%	28.2%
Average household size	3.83	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1995	1990