Photo: Lrgjr72 · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Royal Oak Township, MI: what to set up and who to call
Voting is local here: the Royal Oak Township Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county. The closest public drop-off to Royal Oak Township is Resource Recovery and Recycling Authority of Southwest Oakland County, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Royal Oak Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Royal Oak Township.
Power comes from DTE
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Royal Oak Township. Its homes paid an average of 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $126 a month (its average across Michigan, for customers on its standard service). Michigan lets you buy power from another supplier; 0% of DTE’s home customers do, and DTE still delivers it.
Start or move service: www.dteenergy.com · (800) 477-4747
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Royal Oak Township water system
The Royal Oak Township water system supplies almost all of Royal Oak Township. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Great Lakes Water Authority as seller) and serves 1,869 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2023, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 61% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MI0005840.
4 home internet providers serve Royal Oak Township
100% of 670 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 36% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 1,200/35 |
| AT&T | Fiber, Fixed wireless, DSL | 73% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 79% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 65% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 4 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Royal Oak Township.
Resource Recovery and Recycling Authority of Southwest Oakland County
20000 8 Mile Road, Southfield, MI, 48075
This isn’t Royal Oak Township’s own facility. Whether Royal Oak Township residents may use it is the town’s rule: check ci.royal-oak.mi.us.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Royal Oak Township (56%) is in Oak Park City School District; parts are in Ferndale Public Schools (44%).
C−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Royal Oak Township is in ZIP code 48220
ZIP codes where Royal Oak Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Royal Oak Township | ZIP’s residents in Royal Oak Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48220 | Ferndale, MI | 100% | 11% |
48068 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Royal Oak Township
Who supplies Royal Oak Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Royal Oak Township water system (EPA ID MI0005840). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.5 ppb (Jan–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Royal Oak Township?
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Royal Oak Township?
Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Royal Oak Township?
48220. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Royal Oak Township in?
Oak Park City School District. Parts of the city are in Ferndale Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Royal Oak Township?
In Michigan you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Royal Oak Township Clerk. Check your registration at mvic.sos.state.mi.us.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.