Photo: Lrgjr72 · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Royal Oak, MI: what to set up and who to call
Royal Oak runs its own elections, so the Royal Oak City Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. The closest public drop-off to Royal Oak is SOCCRA Madison Heights Transfer Station, 2 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Royal Oak, 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.
Power comes from DTE
DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Royal Oak. 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 City of Royal Oak water system
The City of Royal Oak water system supplies almost all of Royal Oak. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Southeastern Oakland Co W Auth as seller) and serves 57,236 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 4.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 12.0 ppb. That’s higher than 89% 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. MI0005830.
6 home internet providers serve Royal Oak
100% of 22,755 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 74% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 98% | 5,000/5,000 |
| WOW! | Cable | 97% | 1,200/50 |
| 123.net | Fiber | 3% | 6,000/6,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 88% | 1,000/75 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 77% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Priority Waste picks up trash in Royal Oak
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Royal Oak, from the town’s own site.
SOCRRA Drop-off Center (Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority)
995 Coolidge Highway, Troy, MI 48084
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
From romi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-09-27. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Royal Oak (99%) is in Royal Oak City School District.
A−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 spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Royal Oak residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Royal Oak | ZIP’s residents in Royal Oak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48073 | Royal Oak, MI | 58% | 100% |
| 48067 | Royal Oak, MI | 42% | 100% |
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Royal Oak
Who supplies Royal Oak’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Royal Oak water system (EPA ID MI0005830). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 4.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Royal Oak?
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?
Xfinity, AT&T, WOW!, 123.net, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Royal Oak?
48073 (58%), 48067 (42%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Royal Oak in?
Royal Oak City School District.
How do I register to vote in Royal Oak?
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 City 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: Royal Oak’s own website (romi.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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.