Novi vs Pontiac

A side-by-side comparison of Novi and Pontiac: population, income, housing, and more.

Novi and Pontiac are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Novi has the higher population (66,224 vs 61,914 in Pontiac). Novi has the higher median household income ($110,938 vs $42,791 in Pontiac). Novi has the higher median home value ($399,100 vs $110,600 in Pontiac).

Population, income & housing

	Novi	Pontiac
Population	66,224	61,914
Median age	39.9 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$110,938	$42,791
Median home value	$399,100	$110,600
Median gross rent	$1,696	$1,007
Housing units	27,934	28,276
Homeownership rate	68.0%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.2%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Novi	Pontiac
Population	60,014 → 66,224 (+10.3%)	59,955 → 61,914 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$98,020 → $110,938 (+13.2%)	$33,568 → $42,791 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$322,100 → $399,100 (+23.9%)	$67,100 → $110,600 (+64.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,347 → $1,696 (+25.9%)	$815 → $1,007 (+23.6%)

Novi

Population

60,01466,224

Median household income

$98,020$110,938

Median home value

$322,100$399,100

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,696

Pontiac

Population

59,95561,914

Median household income

$33,568$42,791

Median home value

$67,100$110,600

Median gross rent

$815$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Novi	Pontiac
Under 5	5.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	15.5%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.2%
75 and over	6.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Novi	Pontiac
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	22.4%
Black or African American	8.3%	46.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	25.5%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Novi	Pontiac
No high school diploma	3.3%	18.4%
High school graduate	13.0%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Novi	Pontiac
Drove alone	73.5%	73.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	16.3%
Public transit	0.2%	1.1%
Walked	0.6%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.7%	4.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Novi	Pontiac
1-unit, detached	50.6%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	12.0%
20 or more units	11.3%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Novi	Pontiac
Poverty rate	4.7%	25.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1992	1960