Novi vs Southfield

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

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

Southfield has the higher population (76,025 vs 66,224 in Novi). Novi has the higher median household income ($110,938 vs $65,848 in Southfield). Novi has the higher median home value ($399,100 vs $226,900 in Southfield).

Population, income & housing

	Novi	Southfield
Population	66,224	76,025
Median age	39.9 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$110,938	$65,848
Median home value	$399,100	$226,900
Median gross rent	$1,696	$1,301
Housing units	27,934	38,014
Homeownership rate	68.0%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.2%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Novi	Southfield
Population	60,014 → 66,224 (+10.3%)	73,174 → 76,025 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$98,020 → $110,938 (+13.2%)	$55,705 → $65,848 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$322,100 → $399,100 (+23.9%)	$155,700 → $226,900 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,347 → $1,696 (+25.9%)	$1,125 → $1,301 (+15.6%)

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

Southfield

Population

73,17476,025

Median household income

$55,705$65,848

Median home value

$155,700$226,900

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,301

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Novi	Southfield
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	15.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.7%
75 and over	6.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Novi	Southfield
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	25.6%
Black or African American	8.3%	63.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	25.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Novi	Southfield
No high school diploma	3.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	13.0%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Novi	Southfield
Drove alone	73.5%	73.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.2%	1.6%
Walked	0.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	15.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Novi	Southfield
1-unit, detached	50.6%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	15.6%
20 or more units	11.3%	23.4%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Novi	Southfield
Poverty rate	4.7%	11.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1992	1969