Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan

Property Tax Rate

37.96 to 42.76 mills for an owner-occupied home (principal residence)

The Michigan Treasury's published 2025 rates, per $1,000 of taxable value, across the 3 school districts that serve parts of Royal Oak. A home that is not a principal residence pays 54.93 to 60.76 mills, because it does not get the school-operating exemption.

After a sale. Michigan caps how fast a home's taxable value can rise while the same owner holds it, and resets it to the State Equalized Value (about half of market value) when the home sells. On a $300,000 purchase that is a taxable value near $150,000, so at the median rate the bill is about $6,291 a year if the buyer lives there and about $8,991 if not. The seller's bill is often much lower, so the current bill is not a guide to the next one. A full report projects the bill for a specific address.

Oakland County Market Momentum

Source: FRED (Realtor.com series), as of 2026-09-01. County-level — the finest granularity FRED publishes.