It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Royal has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Royal has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Royal than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Royal may be for you.
Royal is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Royal is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.12% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Royal in 2022 was $31,671, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,684 for a family of four. However, Royal contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Royal home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Royal residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Royal include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Romanian.
The most common language spoken in Royal is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
