Novato, California

Novato population, 2020 to 2024

Novato lost 835 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +294. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 254th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Novato is 1.4 times that size.

Novato covers 27.37 square miles of land and 0.62 of water, for 1,911 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Novato is less dense than the typical town.

What county Novato is in

All of Novato's residents live in Marin County, which had 256,400 residents in 2024. Novato holds 20.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Novato

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Novato by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 94945, 94947, 94949. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Novato is

The Census internal point of Novato is at 38.085100, -122.548300. Sacramento, the capital, is 66.5 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is San Rafael, CA (59,961 people), 7.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, CA, 13.7 miles away.

Daylight in Novato

At 38.09° N, Novato gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Novato

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Fairfax, 7.1 miles away, with 7,476 people.