Royal City vs Warden

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

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

Warden has the higher population (2,531 vs 1,615 in Royal City). Warden has the higher median household income ($52,344 vs $49,417 in Royal City). Royal City has the higher median home value ($180,300 vs $171,900 in Warden).

Population, income & housing

	Royal City	Warden
Population	1,615	2,531
Median age	24.9 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,417	$52,344
Median home value	$180,300	$171,900
Median gross rent	$756	$819
Housing units	478	884
Homeownership rate	58.8%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royal City	Warden
Population	1,687 → 1,615 (-4.3%)	2,756 → 2,531 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$38,315 → $49,417 (+29.0%)	$38,833 → $52,344 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$151,300 → $180,300 (+19.2%)	$108,000 → $171,900 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $756 (+9.7%)	$681 → $819 (+20.3%)

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

Warden

Population

2,7562,531

Median household income

$38,833$52,344

Median home value

$108,000$171,900

Median gross rent

$681$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royal City	Warden
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	29.2%	22.8%
18 to 24	16.2%	13.1%
25 to 34	7.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	19.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	8.4%
55 to 64	4.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	2.4%	9.8%
75 and over	1.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royal City	Warden
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	22.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	83.7%	74.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royal City	Warden
No high school diploma	54.4%	31.3%
High school graduate	18.2%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	12.2%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royal City	Warden
Drove alone	78.6%	83.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	9.2%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royal City	Warden
1-unit, detached	39.1%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	7.6%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	38.9%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Royal City	Warden
Poverty rate	28.2%	19.0%
Average household size	3.63	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1990	1975