Novi vs Royal Oak

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

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

Novi has the higher population (66,224 vs 57,880 in Royal Oak). Novi has the higher median household income ($110,938 vs $95,182 in Royal Oak). Novi has the higher median home value ($399,100 vs $305,900 in Royal Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Novi	Royal Oak
Population	66,224	57,880
Median age	39.9 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$110,938	$95,182
Median home value	$399,100	$305,900
Median gross rent	$1,696	$1,335
Housing units	27,934	31,227
Homeownership rate	68.0%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.2%	62.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Novi	Royal Oak
Population	60,014 → 66,224 (+10.3%)	59,195 → 57,880 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$98,020 → $110,938 (+13.2%)	$81,665 → $95,182 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$322,100 → $399,100 (+23.9%)	$224,600 → $305,900 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,347 → $1,696 (+25.9%)	$1,079 → $1,335 (+23.7%)

Novi

Population

60,01466,224

Median household income

$98,020$110,938

Median home value

$322,100$399,100

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,696

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)

	Novi	Royal Oak
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.9%	9.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	24.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.8%
75 and over	6.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Novi	Royal Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	80.8%
Black or African American	8.3%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	25.5%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Novi	Royal Oak
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	13.0%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	38.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Novi	Royal Oak
Drove alone	73.5%	69.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.7%	24.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Novi	Royal Oak
1-unit, detached	50.6%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	12.2%
20 or more units	11.3%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Novi	Royal Oak
Poverty rate	4.7%	6.0%
Average household size	2.49	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1992	1956