City safety & data profile

Royal OakMI

Royal Oak, MI is a 59K-resident city in Oakland County with a median household income of $101,109.

Oakland County, Michigan. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Royal Oak, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Royal Oak has a population larger than 83% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $328,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

59K
Population (place)
Top 17%
By size
$101,109
Median income (place)
$328,700
Median home (place)
6.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Royal Oak

Royal Oak posts a median household income higher than 70% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Royal Oak area.

Top 30%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Royal Oak

Where Royal Oak income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$101,109 Top 30% higher than 70% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Royal Oak $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MI

Population among 105 MI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Detroit is the largest MI city on this list; Beverly Hills leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MI

Median household income among the same 105-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Beverly Hills posts the highest place-level median income in MI; Detroit is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Royal Oak, MI beyond the headline numbers

Royal Oak sits inside Oakland County, Michigan, at roughly 42.49°N, -83.14°W. Population 59,008, $101,109 median household income. Median home value $328,700, median rent $1,381. Poverty rate 6.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Royal Oak, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 6.2% of Royal Oak, MI residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Royal Oak costs roughly 3.3 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

27.4% of Royal Oak workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 19% in Royal Oak, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Royal Oak workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Royal Oak from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
59,008
Royal Oak · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$101,109
+13% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$328,700
-21% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Oakland County): Royal Oak's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.3M+5%
Median Income
$97,760+49%
Median Home Value
$343,600+102%
Poverty Rate
7.7%-25%
Unemployment
4.8%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Royal Oak, MI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,381/mo
Poverty Rate
6.2% -50% vs avg
Unemployment 3.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 64.1%
Work From Home 27.4%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 81.7%
African American 6.1%
Asian 3.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
29.6%
Obesity
29.6%
High Blood Pressure
28.2%
Binge Drinking
19%
Physical Inactivity
15.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.2%
Current Asthma
10.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
9.7%
Current Smoking
9.5%
Diabetes
7.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 75.7%
Annual Checkup 78.5%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
4.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.5%
Stroke
2.2%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL ROYAL OAK
ROYAL OAK · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Royal Oak?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Royal Oak right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MI-ROYAL-OAK · Royal Oak

Royal Oak: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Royal Oak; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Michigan state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Royal Oak, MI? ▼
Royal Oak, MI has a population of 59,008 people, located in Oakland County, Michigan.
What is the median household income in Royal Oak? ▼
The median household income in Royal Oak, MI is $101,109 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 6.2%.
What is the median home value in Royal Oak? ▼
The median home value in Royal Oak, MI is $328,700. Median rent is $1,381/month.
What are the top health concerns in Royal Oak? ▼
The top health indicators in Royal Oak include Short Sleep Duration (29.6%), Obesity (29.6%), High Blood Pressure (28.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Royal Oak? ▼
Royal Oak has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Royal Oak? ▼
The median age in Royal Oak, MI is 36.9 years. 64.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Royal Oak, both outside Michigan so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MI (6.2% here).

Broomfield, CO 6.2% La Mirada, CA 6.2% Sayreville, NJ 6.2% Sun Prairie, WI 6.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MI ($101,109 here).

Pelham, AL $101,094 New Berlin, WI $101,091 Wauwatosa, WI $101,138 Pleasant Grove, UT $101,073

Compare Royal Oak with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Ferndale, MI 20K Madison Heights, MI 30K Berkley, MI 15K Clawson, MI 12K Oak Park, MI 30K Hazel Park, MI 17K Southfield, MI 73K Beverly Hills, MI 10K
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Using Royal Oak's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Royal Oak area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Royal Oak against Michigan peers on any ranking lens. Explore Michigan

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Oakland County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.