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Novato, CA

52,689 Population
27.4 square miles 1,925.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.8 ±2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 40 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$64,439 ±$3,634 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $72,306 ±$484
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$112,193 ±$10,211 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $133,780 ±$1,056
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

9% ±1.9% (4,726  ±984) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 8.7% 399,787 (±0.2% / ±7,868)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

27.7 minutes ±0.8 (553,340  ±32,918) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 31.8 57,883,796 (±0.2 / ±418,261)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

20,431 ±601 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,735,054 ±3,798
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.5 ±0.1 (51,841  ±75) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 2.6 4,562,473 (±0 / ±908)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

4.9% ±2.2% (477  ±214) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 4.8% 53,704 (±0.2% / ±1,832)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

21,257 ±629 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,866,271 ±448
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$1,007,100 ±$34,444 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $1,113,800 ±$4,329
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

11.4% ±2.2% (5,960  ±1,127.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 12.3% 568,363 (±0.2% / ±8,957.6)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

90.8% ±3.3% (35,131  ±1,449) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 3,045,481 (±0.4% / ±13,030.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
47.5% ±2.3% (18,369  ±970.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 52.4% 1,782,104 (±0.3% / ±9,369.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

22.9% ±1.9% (12,044  ±1,022) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 31.6% 1,468,822
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

5.6% ±1% (2,347  ±404) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 3.4% 126,988 (±0.1% / ±2,635)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
2,347 Total veterans ±404 2,252 Male ±385 95 Female ±65

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