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Royal Oak, MI

59,256 Population
11.8 square miles 5,025 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$51,574 ±$2,277 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $35,288 ±$208
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $32,854 ±$142
$83,194 ±$2,625 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $62,768 ±$416
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $59,234 ±$218

6.5% ±0.9% (3,832  ±557) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 13.8% 589,619 (±0.2% / ±9,213)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.7% 1,337,256 (±0.2% / ±14,613)

25.1 minutes ±0.6 (833,045  ±30,180) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 27 50,349,585 (±0.1 / ±252,809)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.6 105,557,240 (±0.1 / ±455,943)

Families

28,933 ±573 Number of households
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,726,401 ±3,950
  • Michigan: 3,980,408 ±8,401
2 ±0 (58,978  ±122) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 2.5 4,269,407 (±0 / ±1,314)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,748,164 (±0)

5.3% ±1.2% (821  ±194) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.4% 53,460 (±0.2% / ±1,772)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 5.3% 119,659 (±0.1% / ±2,557)

Housing

31,115 ±622 Number of housing units
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,910,964 ±706
  • Michigan: 4,611,913 ±1,095

$236,600 ±$3,642 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $179,100 ±$1,143
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $162,600 ±$471

17.9% ±2.1% (10,443  ±1,231.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 11.9% 505,528 (±0.2% / ±8,274.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 13.4% 1,317,941 (±0.1% / ±13,406.4)

Social

96.5% ±2.3% (43,447  ±1,406.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 90.6% 2,720,413 (±0.4% / ±11,721.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.3% 6,257,361 (±0.3% / ±17,586.5)
59.5% ±2% (26,774  ±1,054.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 32.3% 968,270 (±0.2% / ±6,820.6)
  • about double the rate in Michigan: 30% 2,055,131 (±0.2% / ±10,276)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.3% ±0.9% (4,340  ±541) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10.1% 434,754 (±0.1% / ±5,606)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.9% 686,647 (±0.1% / ±7,455)

4.2% ±0.6% (2,094  ±284) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.9% 199,330 (±0.1% / ±2,776)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 6.8% 532,394 (±0.1% / ±4,849)
2,094 Total veterans ±284 1,966 Male ±272 128 Female ±56

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