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Royal Oak, MD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Royal Oak, MD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 555. 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-OAK-MD · Royal Oak, MD 1 ZIPs · 555 pop · #1256/25278 · Talbot County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $137,404
  • RANK-TOP #1256/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Neavitt
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 555
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $1,107,100

Nearest income peer: Neavitt, MD ( $9,474 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 Oak

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Royal Oak 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 Oak, MD sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 5%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
555
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$137,404
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $137,404 and home value $1,107,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 60.2%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (81.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Royal Oak as a pure owner town.

Within Maryland, Severn is the closest lower-income city and Jefferson the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Royal Oak.

Population concentration

Royal Oak reads through its lone ZIP, 21662

555 ACS residents, one ZIP: 21662 is not the leading code inside Royal Oak, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Royal Oak's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 14 establishments, 40 employees , annual payroll $2,342k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 21662 (14 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (6) .

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ZIP Codes in Royal Oak, MD

These ZIP codes sit in Talbot County, which covers 15 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Royal Oak. See the Talbot County roll-up →

No other city sharing Talbot County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Royal Oak. Easton, Saint Michaels and Trappe sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Tilghman marks the far end of that range at $45,125, 67% below Royal Oak.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
21662 555 $137,404 14 27
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Royal Oak 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 Oak, .