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Royal Oak, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Royal Oak, MI: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 57,256. 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-MI · Royal Oak, MI 2 ZIPs · 57,256 pop · #4098/25278 · Oakland County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $102,234
  • RANK-TOP #4098/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Farmington
  • BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 68% owners
  • POP-SMALL 57,256
  • SPREAD-TIGHT 48073→48067
  • HOME-MID $329,400

Nearest income peer: Farmington, MI (+ $2,326 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, MI sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 16%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
57,256
city population (Census)
2
USPS ZIP codes covered
$102,234
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 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $102,234 and home value $329,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 64.7%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (68.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Royal Oak as a pure owner town.

Within Michigan, West Olive is the closest lower-income city and Douglas 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.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Royal Oak differ

The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Royal Oak: $91,627 in ZIP 48073 to $112,840 in 48067. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.2×

48073 to 48067

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.0×

48073 to 48067

Poverty-rate spread
0.1 points

48073 to 48067

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Lead ZIP 48073 skews compact Royal Oak

In this 2-ZIP cluster, 48073 covers about 57% of Royal Oak's 57,256 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in Royal Oak

Citywide ZBP: 1,688 establishments, 28,409 employees , annual payroll $1,825,809k (~29 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 48067 (979 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (325) · also Health care and social assistance · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Royal Oak, MI

These ZIP codes sit in Oakland County, which covers 66 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Royal Oak. See the Oakland County roll-up →

Royal Oak lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Oakland County: Rochester, Troy and West Bloomfield earn more and Southfield, Waterford and Pontiac earn less. Bloomfield Hills marks the far end of that range at $162,817, 59% above Royal Oak.

Side-by-side: Compare 48073 vs 48067 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
48073 32,798 $91,627 709 1,716
48067 24,458 $112,840 979 2,057
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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, .