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SheetMI-NOVI-MI · Novi, MI 66,224 pop · income 84th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Novi
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Novi on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Pontiac · lowest
42,791
Pontiac · lowest
42,791 median HH income
29.2% of the leader · rank #1
Chewsville · near
110,909
Chewsville · near
110,909 median HH income
75.7% of the leader · rank #2
Novi · this city
110,938
Novi · this city
110,938 median HH income
75.7% of the leader · rank #3
Cookstown · near
110,938
Cookstown · near
110,938 median HH income
75.7% of the leader · rank #4
Camp Hill · near
110,938
Camp Hill · near
110,938 median HH income
75.7% of the leader · rank #5
Lofall · near
110,951
Lofall · near
110,951 median HH income
75.7% of the leader · rank #6
Alpharetta · highest
146,581
Alpharetta · highest
146,581 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Novi on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 66,224.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Novi - the verdict
Novi ranks in the 84th percentile for household income and the 74th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
84th
percentile, household income
77th
percentile, home value
32nd
percentile, median rent
74th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Novi, MI
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 66,224 residents in Novi, a small city within Michigan. The typical household in Novi brings in $110,938 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.8%. Novi's housing stock carries a median value of $399,100, and the median resident age is 39.9 years. About 61.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 64.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 124 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 35% from five years earlier. Novi reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 754.9 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Michigan run below the national norm: the state registers 96.2 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,113 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Michigan's average monthly utility costs around $238 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 49.6 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Novi's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from reported crime to work and mobility to population change to schools and households to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Novi, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What can the FBI record say about safety in Novi?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 754.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 67% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1,191 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 124 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Which cities make useful reference points for Novi?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Michigan, the closest population matches are Taylor (62,405 residents, $59,537 income); Dearborn Heights (62,099 residents, $61,035 income); Pontiac (61,914 residents, $42,791 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Oshkosh, WI (66,247 residents); Conway, AR (66,288 residents); Ames, IA (66,112 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Novi?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 61.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
3.8%
Bachelor's degree+
61.2%
Matched public schools
1
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Novi?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
3.6×
Home value
$399,100
Household income
$110,938
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Michigan average
B+
City profile score · Novi, MI
75/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
61.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A-
$110,938
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B
3.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime B
99 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living C
96.2 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Novi profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 92/100 (A+) · 61.2%
Household income: 82/100 (A-) · $110,938
Poverty rate: 73/100 (B) · 3.8%
Violent crime: 71/100 (B) · 99 /100k
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.2 index
Where Novi sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Novi's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Novi highlighted among 12 peers.Read the chart values
Novi, MI (this city): home $399,100, crime 755/100k
Oshkosh, WI : home $168,400, crime 1,684/100k
Conway, AR : home $234,600, crime 2,571/100k
Ames, IA : home $263,800, crime 1,654/100k
Alpharetta, GA : home $605,700, crime 1,401/100k
Queen Creek, AZ : home $576,600, crime 941/100k
Taylor, MI : home $141,200, crime 2,855/100k
Dearborn Heights, MI : home $174,900, crime 1,698/100k
Pontiac, MI : home $110,600, crime 2,626/100k
Kalamazoo, MI : home $164,500, crime 4,731/100k
St. Clair Shores, MI : home $196,400, crime 1,251/100k
Royal Oak, MI : home $305,900, crime 926/100k
How does Novi compare to other US cities?
Here's how Novi stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income84% higher than other cities
Home value77% pricier than other cities
Median rent32% pricier than other cities
Safety74% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Michigan alone, Novi ranks #77 of 254 Michigan cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Novi against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Michigan only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Michigan-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Novi near the bottom of Michigan's cities
Among the 727 Michigan cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Novi ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Novi only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#43 of 718
94th percentile in Michigan
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 727
0th percentile in Michigan
Median Home Value
#39 of 721
95th percentile in Michigan
Poverty Rate
#533 of 727
26th percentile in Michigan
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#40 of 727
94th percentile in Michigan
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Michigan only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
84th percentile nationally for median household income · 74th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Novi's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Novi's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Novi's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$399,10023rd percentilemore affordable than 23% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Novi's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,351 of 15,516
More affordable than 40% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#238 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 3.6×, Novi sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,351 of 15,516 and #238 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$110,938Novi, MI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Novi, MI median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Novi, MI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)61.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)64.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
66,224
Median Income
$110,938
Median Home Value
$399,100
Median Age
39.9
Poverty Rate
3.8%
Labor force participation
64.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
61.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
754.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
99.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
655.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Novi's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
66,128 residents
2021
66,338 residents
2022
66,274 residents
2023
66,713 residents
2024
66,926 residents
2025
67,319 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
124
housing units authorized
Single-Family
37
detached homes
Multifamily
87
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
190
190
0
$34.9M
2020
321
218
103
$45.9M
2021
114
114
0
$16.1M
2022
46
46
0
$8.1M
2023
63
63
0
$9.5M
2024
124
37
87
$36.7M
Permit volume decreased 35% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
73.5%
Carpool
6.1%
Public Transit
0.2%
Walk
0.6%
Work from Home
18.7%
Other
0.9%
Based on 33,497 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Michigan statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $238
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Michigan at $238 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Michigan statewide averages, not a meter reading for Novi. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Michigan's BEA cost-of-living index is 96.2 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Novi is $1,113/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Michigan statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.6 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Michigan statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Novi sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Novi compares to similar-size Michigan cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.