
Illinois · Census place 66157
Royal, IL population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Royal, Illinois (Royal, IL — Census place “Royal village”) is 313 residents, ranking #1078 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $93,500, the median home is worth $144,600 and median gross rent runs $1,109 a month. Looking for the Royal Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Royal, IL: 61871.
- Population
- 313Royal village residents
- Median household income
- $93,500Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $144,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,109Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 40.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 86.6%Owner-occupied households
Royal ZIP codes (Illinois)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Royal.
The Royal IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Royal village
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Royal village median would spend about 14.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 1.9% of residents and 86.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Royal village, IL in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Royal village is a very small community in Illinois, with 313 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1078 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 26% of them. The median age here is 40.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Royal village earn a median of $93,500 a year, 19.1% above the national figure of $78,538 and 26% above the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 1.9% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Royal village is valued at $144,600, 52.3% below the national figure and 19% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,109 a month, 21.1% below the national figure, or roughly $13,308 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 86.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
With 313 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Royal village against its county rather than against national figures.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Illinois.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Royal village?
- Royal village has 313 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #1078 of 1,462 in Illinois.
- What is the median household income in Royal village?
- Median household income in Royal village is $93,500 a year, 19.1% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Royal village?
- Median gross rent is $1,109 a month and the median home value is $144,600, so rent absorbs about 14.2% of median household income.
- Is Royal village affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Royal village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Royal village data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.