Home values, rents and more in Royal Oak, MI
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Royal Oak compares
The typical home in Royal Oak, MI is worth about $328,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Royal Oak are 24% above the typical value in the Detroit metro area ($264,000) and 10% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Royal Oak rose 1.9%, compared with +1.8% in the Detroit metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,962 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 30% above the Detroit metro area ($1,514) and about the same as the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $101,109, against $76,664 in the Detroit metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 57,950 people live in Royal Oak (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Royal Oak has the 60th-highest typical home value of the 133 cities in the Detroit metro area and the 159th-highest of 686 in Michigan with Zillow figures.
Part of: Oakland County, MI · Detroit metro area · Michigan
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.