Farmington Hills vs Royal Oak

A side-by-side comparison of Farmington Hills and Royal Oak: population, income, housing, and more.

Farmington Hills and Royal Oak are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Farmington Hills has the higher population (83,316 vs 57,880 in Royal Oak). Farmington Hills has the higher median household income ($101,863 vs $95,182 in Royal Oak). Farmington Hills has the higher median home value ($333,200 vs $305,900 in Royal Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington Hills	Royal Oak
Population	83,316	57,880
Median age	41.4 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,863	$95,182
Median home value	$333,200	$305,900
Median gross rent	$1,475	$1,335
Housing units	37,615	31,227
Homeownership rate	64.0%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	62.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington Hills	Royal Oak
Population	81,214 → 83,316 (+2.6%)	59,195 → 57,880 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$83,268 → $101,863 (+22.3%)	$81,665 → $95,182 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$257,300 → $333,200 (+29.5%)	$224,600 → $305,900 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,171 → $1,475 (+26.0%)	$1,079 → $1,335 (+23.7%)

Farmington Hills

Population

81,21483,316

Median household income

$83,268$101,863

Median home value

$257,300$333,200

Median gross rent

$1,171$1,475

Royal Oak

Population

59,19557,880

Median household income

$81,665$95,182

Median home value

$224,600$305,900

Median gross rent

$1,079$1,335

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington Hills	Royal Oak
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.0%	9.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	24.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.8%
75 and over	8.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington Hills	Royal Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	80.8%
Black or African American	18.2%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	14.5%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington Hills	Royal Oak
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	13.6%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	38.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington Hills	Royal Oak
Drove alone	72.3%	69.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	20.2%	24.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington Hills	Royal Oak
1-unit, detached	55.5%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	12.2%
20 or more units	8.4%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Farmington Hills	Royal Oak
Poverty rate	6.3%	6.0%
Average household size	2.32	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1978	1956