Royal Oak, Michigan

Royal Oak, Michigan
City
Pictured top to bottom, left to right: Downtown Royal Oak, the National Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak Post Office, the Royal Oak Amtrak station, and the Detroit Zoo water tower
Official Logo
Nickname(s):  The City of Trees, Roak
Location within Oakland County
Royal Oak Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 42°29′20″N 83°08′34″W / 42.48889°N 83.14278°W / 42.48889; -83.14278
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Oakland
Incorporated	1891 (village) 1921 (city)
Government
• Type	Council–manager
• Mayor	Mike Fournier (D)[1]
• Manager	Paul Brake
Area [2]
• City	11.79 sq mi (30.55 km2)
• Land	11.79 sq mi (30.54 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [3]	663 ft (202 m)
Population  (2020)
• City	58,211
• Density	4,937.32/sq mi (1,905.96/km2)
• Metro	4,296,250 (Metro Detroit)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	48067, 48068, 48073 48069 (Pleasant Ridge) 48071 (Madison Heights)
Area code(s)	248
FIPS code	26-70040
GNIS feature ID	636352[3]
Website	Official website

Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Royal Oak is located roughly 14 miles (22.5 km) north of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 58,211.^[4]

Royal Oak is located along the Woodward Corridor, and is served by Interstate 75 and Interstate 696. The city has one of the largest downtowns in Detroit's suburbs, and is also home to much of the Detroit Zoo, with portions extending into neighboring Huntington Woods.