| ECONOMY | Royal Oak | Montrose | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 8.10% | 8.70% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -1.77% | -2.93% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 28.36% | 25.44% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 4.35% | 4.35% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $31,841 | $17,282 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $53,426 | $35,754 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 8.83% | 16.14% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 9.76% | 17.50% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 11.49% | 15.38% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.40% | 18.25% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 21.84% | 19.91% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 15.67% | 9.20% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 11.25% | 3.02% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.69% | 0.60% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.99% | 0.00% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.09% | 0.00% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 17.75% | 8.25% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 30.36% | 9.90% | 20.61% |
| Service | 10.57% | 14.72% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 26.24% | 31.36% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.15% | 0.28% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 6.38% | 10.73% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 8.55% | 24.76% | 14.05% |
