Royal, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Royal, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 284. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ROYAL-IL · Royal, IL 1 ZIPs · 284 pop · #9708/25278 · Champaign County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-HIGH $78,750
  • RANK-UPPER #9708/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Tolono
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 284
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $161,200

Nearest income peer: Tolono, IL (+ $6,786 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, IL sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 38%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
284
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$78,750
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 61871 (284 residents). Household income $78,750 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (84.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Royal as a pure owner town.

Within Illinois, Joliet is the closest lower-income city and Virginia the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 5 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Royal.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 61871, is all of Royal

There is no split to weigh here: 61871 holds every one of Royal's 284 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Royal's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 8 establishments, 79 employees , annual payroll $3,173k (~28 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 61871 (8 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Royal, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Champaign County, which covers 29 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Royal. See the Champaign County roll-up →

Royal sits in the lower half of Champaign County on income: Mahomet, Savoy and Saint Joseph report more, Champaign, Urbana and Rantoul report less. Saint Joseph marks the far end of that range at $117,578, 49% above Royal.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
61871 284 $78,750 8 316

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, .