Housing density: 781 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $810,491.
Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is $1,552, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,728
Median gross rent in Novato, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Novato with a mortgage: 9,535 (1,659 second mortgage, 48 home equity loan, 1,412 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 133
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $173,191
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $89,849
7,420 married couples with children.
1,908 single-parent households (454 men, 1,454 women).
74.0% of residents of Novato speak English at home.
14.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
6.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
4.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (63% speak English very well, 37% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 11,123 (21.3%)
(63.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 81.9% Number of people working at home: 5,177 (21.6% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 375
5 to 9 minutes: 1,825
10 to 14 minutes: 2,243
15 to 19 minutes: 2,500
20 to 24 minutes: 2,080
25 to 29 minutes: 1,107
30 to 34 minutes: 2,473
35 to 39 minutes: 716
40 to 44 minutes: 1,040
45 to 59 minutes: 1,412
60 to 89 minutes: 1,521
90 or more minutes: 646
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 13,017 (58.8%)
Carpooled: 1,702 (7.7%)
Bus: 275 (1.2%)
Subway or elevated rail: 6 (0.0%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 259 (1.2%)
Taxi: 439 (2.0%)
Bicycle: 251 (1.1%)
Walked: 564 (2.5%)
Worked at home: 5,177 (23.4%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
6.9%Males
2.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
19.0%Males
35.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
12.0%Males
5.2%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
15.3%Males
4.8%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
5.9%Males
10.5%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
6.8%Males
9.7%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Novato, California
2,4952010 or later
2,3302000 to 2009
2,4011990 to 1999
2,1671980 to 1989
1,0071970 to 1979
1,741Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 1,669 (6.8%)
English: 1,636 (6.7%)
Italian: 1,404 (5.8%)
German: 1,258 (5.2%)
American: 927 (3.8%)
European: 850 (3.5%)
Ukrainian: 517 (2.1%)
French: 362 (1.5%)
Scottish: 316 (1.3%)
Portuguese: 305 (1.3%)
Russian: 302 (1.2%)
Nigerian: 286 (1.2%)
Iranian: 277 (1.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 260 (1.1%)
Lebanese: 251 (1.0%)
Polish: 246 (1.0%)
Brazilian: 235 (1.0%)
British: 221 (0.9%)
Norwegian: 206 (0.8%)
Northern European: 191 (0.8%)
Dutch: 179 (0.7%)
Swedish: 147 (0.6%)
French Canadian: 94 (0.4%)
Scandinavian: 92 (0.4%)
Greek: 79 (0.3%)
Danish: 78 (0.3%)
Canadian: 61 (0.3%)
Czech: 59 (0.2%)
Armenian: 58 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 55 (0.2%)
Estonian: 55 (0.2%)
Croatian: 50 (0.2%)
Finnish: 48 (0.2%)
Eastern European: 35 (0.1%)
Belgian: 34 (0.1%)
Romanian: 28 (0.1%)
Maltese: 26 (0.1%)
Yugoslavian: 25 (0.1%)
Swiss: 25 (0.1%)
African: 20 (0.08%)
Basque: 17 (0.07%)
Slovak: 17 (0.07%)
Austrian: 14 (0.06%)
Serbian: 13 (0.05%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.05%)
Macedonian: 10 (0.04%)
Ethiopian: 10 (0.04%)
Turkish: 10 (0.04%)
Syrian: 7 (0.03%)
Haitian: 6 (0.02%)
Bulgarian: 5 (0.02%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Guatemala
Novato:
14.6% (1,641)
California:
2.8% (290,436)
Mexico
Novato:
12.1% (1,357)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Peru
Novato:
6.7% (752)
California:
0.7% (74,025)
El Salvador
Novato:
6.4% (714)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Novato:
6.3% (707)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Vietnam
Novato:
5.3% (592)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Brazil
Novato:
3.9% (440)
California:
0.5% (53,222)
Canada
Novato:
3.7% (414)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
Philippines
Novato:
3.2% (363)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Iran
Novato:
2.8% (319)
California:
2.0% (206,004)
England
Novato:
2.8% (319)
California:
0.6% (57,953)
Ukraine
Novato:
2.2% (242)
California:
0.6% (60,761)
Nicaragua
Novato:
1.9% (210)
California:
0.6% (58,161)
Portugal
Novato:
1.7% (191)
California:
0.2% (25,462)
Azores Islands
Novato:
1.7% (187)
California:
0.1% (8,659)
France
Novato:
1.6% (183)
California:
0.4% (40,224)
Germany
Novato:
1.6% (182)
California:
0.7% (73,304)
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Novato:
1.6% (175)
California:
0.6% (60,582)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 27,878
Other state: 12,522
Northeast: 3,431
Midwest: 4,354
South: 2,181
West: 2,517
88.4% of Novato residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 40.2% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 55.2% lived in California.
Novato:
88.4%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 281
Nursery to 4th grade: 282
5th and 6th grade: 309
7th and 8th grade: 330
9th grade: 197
10th grade: 108
11th grade: 133
12th grade, no diploma: 413
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,011
Less than 1 year of college: 1,149
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,968
Associate degree: 1,183
Bachelor's degree: 5,755
Master's degree: 2,120
Professional school degree: 992
Doctorate degree: 674
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 182
Nursery to 4th grade: 74
5th and 6th grade: 171
7th and 8th grade: 28
9th grade: 82
10th grade: 132
11th grade: 92
12th grade, no diploma: 257
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,488
Less than 1 year of college: 1,152
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,689
Associate degree: 1,923
Bachelor's degree: 5,944
Master's degree: 2,597
Professional school degree: 902
Doctorate degree: 404
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 12,794
One, attached: 2,803
Two: 325
3 or 4: 918
5 to 9: 1,317
10 to 19: 725
20 to 49: 1,040
50 or more: 1,006
Mobile homes: 710
Median worth of mobile homes: $273,138
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 1.1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 2.0%
House/condo owner moved in on average 16 years ago