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Lake Royale, North Carolina.

A community in Franklin County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Franklin County’s.

Living in Lake Royale, Franklin County, North Carolina

Lake Royale, in Franklin County, had 3,392 people in the 2020 census. 94% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 6% are rented. Unemployment in Franklin County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 5.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Franklin County work in schools and health care, then construction.

People 3,392 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Lake Royale for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.3% Franklin County, August 2026; 3.7% a year before
Homes 94% lived in by their owners; 6% rented
  • 1,375households
  • 22%of adults have a degree
  • 7%below the poverty line
  • 37 mintypical commute
  • 6%work from home

What people in Franklin County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Building trades13%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Manufacturing11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Franklin County had 14,549 jobs in 2025, 5.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 52° and 28°; warmest in July, 90° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 52° 28° F M A M J J 90° 68° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 52° and 28°; warmest in July, 90° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 52° 28° F M A M J J 90° 68° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 52° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 68°. About 2 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Louisburg weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Franklin County

  1. Franklin County SchoolsSchool district967FTE
  2. KFlexRubber tubing manufacturing285
  3. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters225
  4. Amcor Rigid PackagingPharmaceutical manufacturing plant construction155
  5. PalzivPackaging, foam plastics, manufacturing154
  6. Gaines and companyConstruction management, water and sewer line132
  7. ProbynCourier services119
  8. Eaton116

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 36 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,599 people in all across the county; Lake Royale has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively moderate
  3. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lake Royale’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Franklin County.