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The median home value in Novato, CA is $1,078,032 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.13% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,078,032
Year-over-Year
+1.13%
Population
51,258
Novato ranks #111 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 40.8% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Marin County, where the county-wide median is $1,495,814.
Median household income in Novato is $115,736, so the typical home value is about 9.3× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Novato police recorded a violent crime rate of 254 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,354 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Novato, that value is $1,078,032. That's up 1.13% from a year earlier. It is about 40.8% above the typical California city tracked here.
Homes in Novato are cheaper than Marin County as a whole, where the median is $1,495,814 — a difference of about 27.9%.
Median household income here is $115,736, so the typical home value is about 9.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Novato police reported 254 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 51,258. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.