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Novato, CA

52,546 Population
27.4 square miles 1,919.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$65,423 ±$3,645 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $74,352 ±$502
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$115,736 ±$10,368 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $136,027 ±$1,102
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

9.6% ±1.8% (5,027  ±930) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 8.9% 407,620 (±0.2% / ±8,364)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

28.1 minutes ±1.4 (549,620  ±40,282) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 31 54,373,992 (±0.1 / ±403,079)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

20,056 ±628 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,744,070 ±3,948
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.6 ±0.1 (51,697  ±68) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 2.6 4,552,063 (±0 / ±1,249)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

6.4% ±2.8% (642  ±278) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 4.8% 53,287 (±0.2% / ±1,904)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

20,982 ±679 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,880,374 ±609
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$1,032,500 ±$34,601 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $1,140,700 ±$3,829
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

8.5% ±1.6% (4,410  ±812.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 12.1% 555,093 (±0.2% / ±8,532.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

89% ±3.4% (33,887  ±1,464.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 3,044,826 (±0.4% / ±13,090.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
48.9% ±2.5% (18,595  ±1,027.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 52.9% 1,798,778 (±0.3% / ±9,450.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

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

23.7% ±2% (12,470  ±1,050) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 31.9% 1,481,065
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

5.5% ±0.8% (2,279  ±344) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 3.2% 121,131 (±0.1% / ±2,623)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
2,279 Total veterans ±344 2,168 Male ±344 111 Female ±70

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