County
Oakland County, Michigan
Use this county page to find cities, townships, and villages in Oakland County. Each local page gives you property-tax context, school-district rate ranges, official-source links, nearby places, and any Porch Notes tied to that community.
County snapshot
Cities
31
Townships
21
Villages
0
School districts
57
Primary home (PRE) rates, for homes with Michigan's Principal Residence Exemption, range from 23.5404 mills to 62.2247 mills.
Other property, often called non-homestead, usually means rentals, vacation homes, and second homes. Those rates range from 27.1551 mills to 80.2247 mills.
Rate rows come from the official Michigan Treasury millage-rate reports . Last reviewed June 8, 2026.
Local pages
Places in Oakland County
City
Auburn Hills
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Berkley
2 school districts available.
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Birmingham
1 school district available.
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Bloomfield Hills
2 school districts available.
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Clarkston
1 school district available.
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Clawson
1 school district available.
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Farmington
1 school district available.
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Farmington Hills
3 school districts available.
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Fenton
1 school district available.
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Ferndale
2 school districts available.
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Hazel Park
1 school district available.
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Huntington Woods
2 school districts available.
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Keego Harbor
1 school district available.
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Lake Angelus
2 school districts available.
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Lathrup Village
1 school district available.
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Madison Heights
3 school districts available.
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Northville
1 school district available.
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Novi
8 school districts available.
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Oak Park
3 school districts available.
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Orchard Lake
3 school districts available.
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Pleasant Ridge
1 school district available.
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Pontiac
1 school district available.
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Rochester
1 school district available.
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Rochester Hills
2 school districts available.
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Royal Oak
3 school districts available.
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South Lyon
1 school district available.
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Southfield
5 school districts available.
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Sylvan Lake
2 school districts available.
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Troy
7 school districts available.
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Walled Lake
1 school district available.
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Wixom
3 school districts available.
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Township
Addison Township
7 school districts available.
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Bloomfield Township
4 school districts available.
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Brandon Township
3 school districts available.
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Commerce Township
3 school districts available.
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Groveland Township
4 school districts available.
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Highland Township
1 school district available.
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Holly Township
3 school districts available.
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Independence Township
3 school districts available.
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Lyon Township
2 school districts available.
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Milford Township
3 school districts available.
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Novi Township
1 school district available.
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Oakland Township
3 school districts available.
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Orion Township
5 school districts available.
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Oxford Township
3 school districts available.
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Rose Township
3 school districts available.
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Royal Oak Township
2 school districts available.
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Southfield Township
6 school districts available.
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Springfield Township
3 school districts available.
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Waterford Township
3 school districts available.
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West Bloomfield Township
8 school districts available.
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White Lake Township
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Porch Notes
Local notes from Oakland County
Stories, practical notes, and local details tied to places in this county.
Oakland County · Outdoors
Farmington Hills' green heart (and the festival next door)
Heritage Park gives Farmington Hills 200 wooded acres with a nature center and sledding hills, and the neighboring Farmington Founders Festival has run for generations.
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Michigan's six scramble areas (and the Silver Lake rulebook)
The open-riding playgrounds of Michigan off-roading — Silver Lake's dunes, Holly Oaks, The Mounds, St. Helen, Bull Gap, and Black Lake — and the extra rules each one layers on.
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Novi: the town probably named by a Roman numeral
Novi's name likely comes from 'No. VI' — toll gate, stagecoach stop, or township number six, depending who you ask — and today it's Michigan's 'Little Tokyo.'
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One Saturday a year, Woodward becomes the world's biggest car show
The Woodward Dream Cruise — born in 1995 — is the world's largest one-day automotive event, rolling a million-plus spectators and tens of thousands of classics through Oakland County.
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Pontiac: a chief's name, a car's name, a comeback's name
Pontiac is named for the great Odawa chief, lent its name to millions of GM cars, hosted WrestleMania III's record crowd — and is rebuilding its downtown swagger.
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Southfield: where the shopping mall was invented (and a skyline grew)
Northland Center opened in Southfield in 1954 as the world's largest shopping center — the prototype American mall — and the city went on to build a golden skyline of its own.
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