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NOVATO, Location, Location, Location...
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Housing Types Housing
in Novato is affordable. The average home price is $500,000 while houses range from $390,000 to $2,500,000. Housing types
available include Single Family, Residential, Lots & Land, Waterfront, Town Homes & Condominiums Novato's high personal
income level and relatively low housing costs push median discretionary income for city residents to double the Bay Area average.
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Novato's public schools are among the best in the Bay Area, demonstrated by higher-than-average student assessment scores
and higher-than-average spending per pupil. Novato's per pupil spending is about 10 percent higher than the average in Sonoma
and Solano counties.
Close to Everything !! The City
of Novato, California is one of the Bay Area's premier communities and the northernmost city in Marin County, located 29 miles
north of San Francisco and 37 miles northwest of Oakland. Novato has a population of about 47,000. Novato's sphere of
influence includes nearby unincorporated areas. With this additional area, Novato totals 43 square miles and a total
population of 53,000. Novato is the central pivotal point to many Bay Area locations. This northern Marin County
City encompasses miles of land and connects you easily to Napa/Sonoma Wineries and Solano County's Marine World Sonoma/Napa
County Ballooning and Skydiving sports. Hwy 101 connects to winding backroads to explore while taking you to breathtaking
Beaches. Novato's Bel Marin Keyes allows access to Sail the Bay from your own backyard dock. San Francisco
Restaurants and night-life is close-by. Come home
to the Beautiful Mountains and Canyon Valleys of Novato. Something for everyone and close to everything fun!
Another benefit of Novato
is its low crime rate, which is much lower than the Bay Area average. In 1995, 4.5 crimes were committed per 1,000 Novato
residents, about one-half the rate in San Francisco and Vallejo.
Novato's history dates back to 1200 AD when Miwok Native
Americans lived in a village at the base of Mount Burdell. They prospered with the areas abundant resources and are considered
to be among the finest artisans of the Pacific Coast tribes. Legend has it that the Spaniards taught the Miwok how to build
with adobe and cultivate food crops, which they then traded to the Spanish missions. Olompali is the site of the first Spanish
colonial house believed to have been built in Marin County. After being sold several times, Rancho Novato was purchased in
1856 by Francis DeLong and Joseph Sweeter. They planted thousands of trees, mostly apples, and it became one of the largest
orchards in the world. In the 1870's, Portuguese and Swiss-Italian farmers and dairymen began to settle in Novato. In the
1880's, the Northwest Pacific Railroad reached Novato, connecting the small agricultural community to the rest of the North
Bay. By 1910, chicken ranches, orchards, diaries and vineyards were the mainstay of Novato's economy. The subdivision of 6,000
acres by DeLong was the beginning of the city of Novato.
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| City of Novato (Click Photo) Community Recreation |
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Novato has a long list of attractive features for businesses and
residents, including a small town atmosphere, low population density, high household income, lower housing prices than many
Bay Area cities, high investment in public schools and education and one of the lowest crime rates in the Bay Area.
Novato's economic base is well integrated into the emerging new
economy of the San Francisco Bay Area. This new economy represents a fundamental shift towards small, knowledge-based businesses
launched by entrepreneurs. These businesses also are typically oriented towards global, rather than local markets. Businesses
are supported by Novato's high-skilled, highly-educated labor force of nearly 25,000. These workers are increasingly engaged
in professional service industries, including business, legal, engineering, and other services.
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