Oak Park vs Royal Oak

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

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

Royal Oak has the higher population (57,880 vs 29,370 in Oak Park). Royal Oak has the higher median household income ($95,182 vs $65,882 in Oak Park). Royal Oak has the higher median home value ($305,900 vs $198,500 in Oak Park).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Park	Royal Oak
Population	29,370	57,880
Median age	37.9 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,882	$95,182
Median home value	$198,500	$305,900
Median gross rent	$1,354	$1,335
Housing units	13,036	31,227
Homeownership rate	59.3%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	62.6%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Park	Royal Oak
Population	29,726 → 29,370 (-1.2%)	59,195 → 57,880 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$52,584 → $65,882 (+25.3%)	$81,665 → $95,182 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $198,500 (+68.6%)	$224,600 → $305,900 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,354 (+20.9%)	$1,079 → $1,335 (+23.7%)

Oak Park

Population

29,72629,370

Median household income

$52,584$65,882

Median home value

$117,700$198,500

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,354

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)

	Oak Park	Royal Oak
Under 5	4.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	9.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	18.8%	24.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.8%
75 and over	6.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Park	Royal Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	80.8%
Black or African American	53.1%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Park	Royal Oak
No high school diploma	6.9%	3.5%
High school graduate	17.4%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	38.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Park	Royal Oak
Drove alone	68.3%	69.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	3.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.1%	24.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Park	Royal Oak
1-unit, detached	73.6%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	12.2%
20 or more units	7.7%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Oak Park	Royal Oak
Poverty rate	14.2%	6.0%
Average household size	2.31	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1958	1956