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Oakland County at a glance

Freeways, rail and airports in Oakland County

• I-75 (the Walter P. Chrysler Freeway) is the main north-south highway, serving Pontiac and Troy. I-96 runs northwest to southeast through the county, and I-275 runs from I-75 in the south to the junction of I-96 and I-696 in the north.
• I-696 (the Walter P. Reuther Freeway) runs east and west across the northern suburbs, and together I-275 and I-696 form a semicircle around Detroit. M-1 (Woodward Avenue) has its northern end in Pontiac.
• Amtrak's Wolverine serves stations in Pontiac, Troy and Royal Oak three times daily.

Oakland County in brief

• Oakland County is the second most populous county in Michigan and the most populous in the United States without a city of 100,000 residents. Its largest city is Troy.
• It was founded in 1819, organised in 1820 and holds 62 cities, villages and townships. Oakland University straddles the border of Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills.
• It holds most of Detroit's northern suburbs, and in 2010 was among the ten wealthiest counties in the United States with more than a million residents.

Cities in Oakland County

More specifying, fewer trailer loads

Headquarters and engineering centres write packaging sheets and ship prototypes, so Oakland County requests tend to be small lots with exact sizes. Cold storage and electronics keep boxes dry and out of temperature swings, and light industry buys a few at a time. The standard pack quantity guide explains how a count on a sheet turns into a box.

Troy

Troy has 6 ZIP codes (48007, 48083, 48084, 48085, 48098, 48099). Trades: auto supplier headquarters; engineering software; finance.

Companies include Aptiv, Altair Engineering, Behr America, Inteva Products, Magna Powertrain, Meritor and Kelly Services, and Canadian National Railway (Grand Trunk Western) is among Troy's major companies. Interstate 75 passes through Troy, and the Troy Transit Center near the Oakland-Troy Airport is served by Amtrak's Wolverine train. Troy is a centre of business, particularly in the automotive and financial sectors, with the second-highest cumulative property value in Michigan after Detroit. (Wikipedia, Troy, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Auburn Hills

Auburn Hills has 2 ZIP codes (48309, 48326). Facilities of more than 50 automotive companies; offices host 80,000 people on a workday. Trades: OEM headquarters; auto suppliers; glass.

Great Lakes Crossing Outlets, an enclosed super-regional outlet mall, opened on 12 November 1998. Auburn Hills is about 26 miles north of downtown Detroit, with 24,360 people at the 2020 census. Auburn Hills began in 1821 as Pontiac Township, with a village called Auburn on the Clinton River, and was renamed Amy in 1880 and Auburn Heights in 1919. (Wikipedia, Auburn Hills, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Pontiac

Pontiac has 3 ZIP codes (48340, 48341, 48342). County seat; Grand Trunk Western runs a large classification yard serving the local auto industry. Trades: auto history; rail classification yard.

Amtrak's Wolverine runs from Pontiac to Chicago via Detroit three times daily each way. Commuter rail to downtown Detroit ended on 17 October 1983. In the twentieth century it was known for General Motors plants, including Fisher Body, Pontiac East Assembly and the Pontiac Motor Division. The first European-American settlers arrived in 1818 and followed the Saginaw Trail north from Detroit to where the trail crossed the river. Two years later the settlement was named county seat. (Wikipedia, Pontiac, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Southfield

Southfield has 6 ZIP codes (48033, 48034, 48037, 48075, 48076, 48086). 27 million sq ft of office space and offices of more than 100 Fortune 500 companies. Trades: auto supplier headquarters; office and business services.

Southfield is an inner-ring suburb about 15 miles northwest of downtown Detroit, home to Southfield City Centre, an edge city with the tallest building in Detroit's suburbs, and to the area around the former Northland Center mall. The city incorporated on 28 April 1958 from Southfield Township, and Lathrup Village is an autonomous enclave within it. Lawrence Technological University is in the city. Southfield was surveyed in 1817 and organised as Ossewa Township in 1830, renamed Southfield Township 17 days later. (Wikipedia, Southfield, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Novi

Novi has 5 ZIP codes (48167, 48374, 48375, 48376, 48377). 2023 top employers include Harman (848), Ryder (660), Lineage Logistics (655) and Yanfeng (475). Trades: cold storage; truck leasing and logistics; auto electronics and interiors.

Novi is one of the fastest-growing cities in Michigan. Twelve Oaks Mall opened in 1977, and as of January 2009 the city had over 1,600 businesses, including international corporations with local and regional offices. Novi is a northwestern suburb about 25 miles northwest of downtown Detroit, with 66,243 people at the 2020 census, up 20 percent from 2010. (Wikipedia, Novi, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Madison Heights

Madison Heights has ZIP code 48071. Seven industrial parks with 10 million sq ft; 60% of the tax base is light industrial or commercial. Trades: light industrial; distribution and services.

The city also has 23 shopping centres, 11 hotels and more than 860,000 square feet of office space. Madison Heights is an inner-ring suburb about 12 miles north of downtown Detroit, with 28,468 people at the 2020 census. Madison Heights was incorporated as a city on January 17, 1955, and chartered on December 6 that year, as the tenth city government in southern Oakland County. (Wikipedia, Madison Heights, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Wixom

Wixom has ZIP code 48393. Ford's Wixom Assembly Plant ran from 1957 to 2007; the city keeps several production businesses. Trades: manufacturing; former Ford assembly site.

Wixom became an important railroad junction in 1883 for the Michigan Air Line Railway and the Grand Trunk Western, which made it Michigan's largest grain-produce handling point. The city today is home to several production and manufacturing businesses, including Trijicon, Discraft, NGK, Rockwell Medical and Majic Window. The last vehicle, a Lincoln Town Car, left the line on May 31, 2007, and Ford began demolishing the plant in 2012. (Wikipedia, Wixom, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Orion Township

Orion Township has 5 ZIP codes (48348, 48359, 48360, 48361, 48362). Trades: vehicle assembly.

The township hosts General Motors' Orion Assembly plant, which produces small cars and electric pickup trucks. Orion Assembly opened in 1983, covers 4,300,000 square feet and had about 1,032 salaried and hourly employees in September 2019. From early 2027 the plant is slated to assemble light-duty versions of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra and the Cadillac Escalade. (Wikipedia, Orion Township, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Choosing a box in Oakland County

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