Royal, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Royal, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 728. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage

ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ROYAL-IA · Royal, IA 1 ZIPs · 728 pop · #13932/25278 · Clay County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $68,333
  • RANK-MID #13932/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Spencer
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 73% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 728
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $118,500

Nearest income peer: Spencer, IA ( $4,931 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Royal

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Royal on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Royal, IA sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

45th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
728
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$68,333
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $68,333 and poverty 8.5% concentrate in 51357.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Royal as a pure owner town.

Within Iowa, Gravity is the closest lower-income city and Montrose the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Royal.

Population concentration

Royal reads through its lone ZIP, 51357

728 ACS residents, one ZIP: 51357 is not the leading code inside Royal, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Royal's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 18 establishments, 119 employees , annual payroll $5,709k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 51357 (18 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (3) · also Wholesale trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Royal, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Clay County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Royal. See the Clay County roll-up →

Royal lands mid-pack among the 6 cities sharing Clay County: Peterson, Dickens and Webb earn more and Spencer, Everly and Greenville earn less. Dickens marks the far end of that range at $110,833, 62% above Royal.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
51357 728 $68,333 18 7

Royal roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Royal, .