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Royal city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Royal city is a Census city of 585 people across 0.30 square miles of land, in Clay County. Median household income is $56,893, 65.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Royal
What Royal is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.3 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,983 plus or minus 536
- County holding the largest share of its areaClay County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Royal
How many people live in Royal
- Population585 plus or minus 158
- Median age30.0 plus or minus 11.1
- Population under 18180 plus or minus 67
- Share under 1830.8 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Population 65 and over74 plus or minus 26
- Share 65 and over12.6 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Households205 plus or minus 55
- Family households119 plus or minus 35
- Share of households that are families58.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Royal
Income and work in Royal
- Median household income$56,893
- Per capita income$25,264
- Civilian labor force311 plus or minus 91
- Employed300 plus or minus 89
- Unemployed11 plus or minus 12
- Unemployment rate3.5 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over308 plus or minus 73
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.2 percent plus or minus 30.8
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.3 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.2 percent plus or minus 4.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Royal
Housing in Royal
- Housing units217 plus or minus 55
- Occupied units205 plus or minus 55
- Vacant units12 plus or minus 14
- Vacancy rate5.5 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Owner occupied135 plus or minus 44
- Renter occupied70 plus or minus 36
- Ownership rate65.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$87,200 plus or minus $21,621
- Median gross rent, monthly$895
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.9 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Single family units191 plus or minus 51
- Share single family88.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more26 plus or minus 25
- Share in buildings of two or more12.0 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Royal
How Royal gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute286 plus or minus 91
- Commuting under 15 minutes44 plus or minus 24
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.4 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more92 plus or minus 64
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.2 percent plus or minus 20.1
- Drove alone62.5 percent
- Carpooled27.1 percent plus or minus 19.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.7 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Worked from home4.3 percent plus or minus 4.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Royal
SBA loans in Royal (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$229,000
- Average approval$229,000
- Median approval$229,000
- Largest approval$229,000
- Jobs supported3
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Clay County, not Royal
Clay County context, not Royal figures
These are Clay County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Royal measurements.
- Establishments in Clay County570
- Employment at those establishments, Clay County7,012
- Covered employment, Clay County8,534
- Average annual pay, Clay County$53,504
- Average weekly wage, Clay County$1,029
- Housing units permitted, Clay County9
- Of those, single family, Clay County9
- County product, 2024, Clay County$1,539,920,000
- County product change over the prior year, Clay County8.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Clay County$56,054
Every figure in this section is published for Clay County as a whole and is not a measurement of Royal. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Royal questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Royal, Iowa?
585, in 205 households. Royal city covers 0.30 square miles of land, which is 1,983 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Royal in?
Clay County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Royal?
$56,893. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $87,200. Median gross rent is $895 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Royal figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Clay County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Royal.
Is zoning published for Royal?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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