Novato vs Tamalpais-Homestead Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Novato and Tamalpais-Homestead Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Novato and Tamalpais-Homestead Valley are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Novato has the higher population (52,689 vs 12,153 in Tamalpais-Homestead Valley). Tamalpais-Homestead Valley has the higher median household income ($238,158 vs $112,193 in Novato). Tamalpais-Homestead Valley has the higher median home value ($1,811,100 vs $1,007,100 in Novato).

Population, income & housing

	Novato	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Population	52,689	12,153
Median age	47.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$112,193	$238,158
Median home value	$1,007,100	$1,811,100
Median gross rent	$2,422	$2,990
Housing units	21,257	4,776
Homeownership rate	65.5%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	79.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Novato	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Population	55,642 → 52,689 (-5.3%)	11,689 → 12,153 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$101,342 → $112,193 (+10.7%)	$163,071 → $238,158 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$782,500 → $1,007,100 (+28.7%)	$1,243,500 → $1,811,100 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,045 → $2,422 (+18.4%)	$2,808 → $2,990 (+6.5%)

Novato

Population

55,64252,689

Median household income

$101,342$112,193

Median home value

$782,500$1,007,100

Median gross rent

$2,045$2,422

Tamalpais-Homestead Valley

Population

11,68912,153

Median household income

$163,071$238,158

Median home value

$1,243,500$1,811,100

Median gross rent

$2,808$2,990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Novato	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Under 5	4.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	19.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.4%	4.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.1%
75 and over	9.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Novato	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	56.4%	79.1%
Black or African American	3.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.5%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.1%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	27.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Novato	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
No high school diploma	9.2%	1.2%
High school graduate	15.1%	6.0%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	43.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Novato	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Drove alone	67.0%	42.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.4%
Public transit	4.2%	5.1%
Walked	2.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.7%	40.8%
Other means	1.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Novato	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
1-unit, detached	58.1%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	3.2%
20 or more units	10.4%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Novato	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Poverty rate	9.0%	3.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1974	1963