ZIP Code 48377

As of the 2020 census, the population was 66,243, an increase of 20% from the 2010 census. Novi is located about 8 miles (12.9 km) northwest of the city of Detroit and about 16 miles (25.7 km) northeast of Ann Arbor. The city is located within the boundaries of the survey township of Novi Township, which now also includes portions of the cities of Northville and Walled Lake. The remaining unincorporated township is only a tiny fraction of 0.11 square miles (0.28 km²) surrounded by the city. The construction of Twelve Oaks Mall in 1977 made the city a major shopping destination in the Detroit metropolitan area and is often credited with ushering in an era of growth in Novi. The historic Township Hall was originally located on Novi Road, south of Grand River. It was moved to the Novi Library property in the 1980s and recently relocated again onto the property that was the site of the Jacob and Rebecca Fuerst Farmstead. The north barn was destroyed on July 16, 2008, and the farm house was demolished in August 2008. Three major freeways converge in the city: I-96, I-275, and M-5-696, as well as the Rouge River watershed. Most of city lies within the Huron River watershed, and some areas on the north and west side of the River are part of the Huronia River watershed too.Novi was organized as a township in 1832, on land taken from Farmington Township. Residents were reportedly looking for a shorter name than Farmington.

History

Novi was organized as a township in 1832, on land taken from Farmington Township. The name Novi was offered by resident Dr. J. C. Emery, at the suggestion of his wife. The city was incorporated as a city in 1969 after the approval of a city charter on February 18, 1969 by Village of Novi voters. The Jacob and Rebecca Fuerst Farmstead was a historic site listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The north barn was destroyed on July 16, 2008, and the south and east barns were dismantled and removed from the site in August 2008. The Colonel Samuel White Homestead site is identified by a Michigan Historical Marker. The historic Township Hall was originally located on Novi Road, south of Grand River. It was moved to the Novi Library property in the 1980s, and recently relocated again onto the property that was the site of the Jacob andbecca Fuerth Farmstead. It is a 160-acre (650,000 m2) farmstead and educational center. The City ofNovi demolished the FuerSt Farmstead in order to develop the site for other historic uses. The south and west barns of the Farmstead were dismantled in 2008. None of the original buildings of the farmstead were preserved on the site. The town hall was relocated to this site, but the historic Township. Hall was relocated on this site in the 1990s, when it was built on the same site as the former Township Hall.

Geography

The city is located on Walled Lake which lies mainly within Novi and is the largest lake in the city. It also serves as the headwaters of the Middle Branch of the Rouge River. Several smaller lakes within the city were created by gravel pit mining or as stormwater retention areas. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 31.29 square miles (81.04 km²), of which 30.25 square miles. (78.35 km²) is land and 1.04square miles (2.69km²) (3.32%) is water. The city's location provides direct access to several major freeways including I-96, I-696, and I-275, and M-5. Most of the city lies within the Rouge river watershed. Some areas on the north and west side of theCity are part of the Huron River watershed. Three major Freeways converge in Novi. The City is home to the Novi International Airport, a major hub for air travel in Michigan. Novi is also the home of the Detroit Lions hockey team, the Detroit Red Wings, and the Michigan Wolverines football team. The Novi High School football team is based in the City of Novi, Michigan. It is the only high school in the state to have a football team that competes in the National Football League (NFL) Division I. The Michigan State University women's basketball team also has a team that plays in the Michigan State Champions League.

Economy

Novi was ranked #48 on Money magazine's list of the Top 100 Best Places to Live in 2008. As of January 2009 Novi has over 1,600 businesses. The city's industrial and office parks are home to companies in high tech research and development, health care, transportation and logistics, manufacturing. Energy-related companies are one of the fastest-growing sectors in the city. Novi ranks among the top Oakland County communities for research, technology and service companies. Within the telematics industry, more than 5,000 firms employ approximately 70,000 people in Oakland County, many of them employed in Novi. The median house price was the upper $260,000 between 13 and 14 Mile Road between 2008 and 2009. The top employers in the public sector are the City of Novi and the City Financial Report's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CFPR) for 2008-11 are: Kroger, American Mitsuba Corp. and Harman/Becker Automotive, based in Germany, is scheduled to relocate its headquarters to Novi on Haggerty Road between 2013 and 2019. In 2008, St. John Providence Park opened a 200-bed hospital on a200-acre (0.81 km²) total, health campus. In addition to the full-service hospital, the campus provides an array of services in a beautiful wooded setting, complete with walking and cycling paths and 18 acres (73,000 m2) devoted to health-related retail establishments. The Japan Auto Parts Industries Association, North America opened in a Novi office in 2002.

Health care

The Providence Park Hospital has a capacity for fewer than 400 patients. Henry Ford Health System operates the Henry Ford Medical Center - Columbus. The hospital design includes a six-story atrium that allows natural sunlight.Botsford has two speciality facilities in Novi. It is the system's largest facility in Oakland County. It also includes a medical office building, neuroscience institute, a hotel with 100 rooms, and an orthopedic center that houses an ambulatory surgical center. The total cost of the hospital was about $220 million. It opened in September 2008 and is located on a 64-acre (26 ha) site. It has primary care, behavioral health services, cancer treatment, diabetes care, endoscopy, infusion services, lymphedema services, MOHs surgery, MRIs, and rehabilitation services and travel clinic. Services at the location include primary care, cancer treatment, diabetes care, endoscopies, infusion. services, mohs surgery, MRIs, rehabilitation services, rehabilitation services. and travel. clinic. It was built in 2005 and is the hospital system's second facility in the area. The first was opened in 2007 and is on a site that also includes medical office buildings, a neuroscience institute and a hotel. It's located off of I-96 and Beck Road. The system's third facility is in the city of Novi and is called St. John Providence Health System, which also has two other facilities in the region.

Parks and recreation

Most of the farmland and open spaces present in the mid-20th century have been developed. Lakeshore Park is one of the largest municipal parks in southeast Michigan. Ella Mae Power Park, located behind the Novi Civic Center, hosts softball and baseball games and tournaments. Each year in October, the Japan Festival is held in the city. It is the largest Japan festival in the state and is held every year in late October and early November. In 2005, the City of Novi was awarded a Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF) grant to acquire 54 acres (22 ha) two areas of environmentally sensitive property in southeast Novi within the Rouge River watershed. The properties were acquired in 2009. In 2007, the city was awarded another MNRTF grant to acquiring 16 acres (65,000 m2) of natural area in southwest Novi. The property was acquired in 2010. In 2010, Novi received a grant to develop the city-owned property on the south end of Walled Lake, once the site of the Walling Lake Casino and Amusement Park, into a public park. That property is now the Pavilion Shore Park. In 2011, theCity was awarded two grants to acquire a total of 253 acres (1.02 km²) in environmentally sensitive areas in the Huron River watershed in the south part of the city and the north side of the town. The city acquired this land in 2004 and the first grant was awarded in 2007.

Government

Novi operates under the council-manager system of government with an appointed city manager and elected city council. The city council consists of the mayor, elected to a two-year term, and six at-large council members elected to four-year terms. The mayor is the presiding officer of the council with the same voting powers as the other council members. The council is responsible for hiring the city manager. The City of Novi is represented in the 38th District of the Michigan House of Representatives by State Representative Kelly Breen. The first city charter was adopted by the voters in 1969. The last major charter revision was in 1977. The Novi Public Library opened a new 55,000-square-foot (5,100 m2) library west of the previous library in June 2010. The old library was demolished to provide a parking area for the new library. Novi has 249 full-time employees and a total budget of $63.1 million. It is located at 45175 West Ten Mile Road between Novi and Taft Roads. Prior to 1954, Novi contracted with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office for police protection. TheNovi Fire Department was formed in 1929 to serve Novi Township and the Novi Police Department wasformed in 1954 to serveNovi Township. The city has a fire department that has been in existence since 1929. It has a police department that was established in 1954 and has been based in Novi since 1954. The police department is still in operation today.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 55,224 people, 22,258 households, and 14,599 families residing in the city. As of 2011, 15.9% of the city's residents were Asian, and Novi had 2,438 Japanese residents, giving it the largest Japanese population of any Michigan municipality. Many Japanese in Novi are in the United States on temporary visas last for three years. The Japanese population increased 53% from 2003, when the city had 1,417 Japanese residents. The Novi Public Library has content in the adult and children's sections in the Japanese section. The hotel chain Staybridge Suites extended its Japanese stay to cater to Japanese customers in 2011, and in 2013 there are 2,666 Japanese nationals who live in the Novi area. Novi is located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and is home to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Michigan State University. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that Novi has a population of 55,000 people. The city's population is expected to rise to 55,200 by the end of the year, according to a recent estimate by the U.N. Population Division. The population growth rate for the city is projected to be between 2.5 and 3.5% from 2010 to 2015. The median age in theCity of Novi was 39.1 years. In 2000, the population was spread out, with 27.6% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 35.7%. from 25 to 44, 21.9%. from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.17.

Education

Novi includes all or part of four public school districts including Novi Community Schools, Northville Public Schools, and South Lyon Community Schools. The Catholic schools belong to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit. The Art Institute of Michigan is located on Cabot Drive in the Haggerty Corridor Corporate Park. Walsh College focuses on accounting, business, and finance education. The Japanese School of Detroit (JSD), a supplementary Japanese school, offers Saturday Japanese classes. The Sundai Michigan International Academy (Sundai Mishigan Kokusai Gakuin), affiliated with the Sundai Center for International Education, is located in Novi. The Charles and Myrtle Walker Novi Public Library first opened in 1960 in a former bank building. The current facility had its groundbreaking in 2008, opening to the public on June 1, 2010. Novi is home to the University of Michigan, which is located at 12 Mile Road and Meadowbrook Road, south of I-96. It is also home to a number of private schools, including Detroit Catholic Central High School and Novi Christian Academy. The Novi High School is within the city limits, as is Northville High School (Northville Schools) and Walled Lake Western High School. It also has a private K-8 school, St. William Catholic School, which belongs to the Our Lady of Victory Parish, which includes sections of Novi in its service area. It moved to Novi from Birmingham in the summer of 2011. The school's purpose is to prepare Japanese children who have lived in the United States for a long time for a return to Japan, and to assist newly arrived Japanese children.

Religion

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit operates Catholic churches in Novi. St. William Catholic Church in Walled Lake includes a portion of Novi in its service area. Sri Venkateswara Temple and Cultural Center (SVTCC) is an area Hindu temple. The Novi area is part of the U.S. state of Michigan. The state's largest city is Detroit, with a population of more than one million. The city is home to the University of Michigan, which was founded in 1868. The University of Detroit Medical School is located in the city's downtown area. The school was the site of a World War II-era hospital. The hospital was later moved to its current location in the Detroit suburb of Ypsilanti. It was closed in the 1990s and replaced by a housing complex. It is now the home of the Michigan Center for the Performing Arts, a non-profit organization that teaches music and dance to children and adults. The center is also home to a number of other non-profits, such as the Detroit-area chapter of the National Council of Churches of the United States and the Michigan Council for the Arts and Humanities, which is based in Detroit's Dearborn. The Michigan State Police Department has a station in the Novi section of the city. The police department's Novi substation is located at the intersection of I-75 and I-94. The station is known as the "Novi Police Station".

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Novi, Midland County, Michigan = 61.2. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 27. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 30. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Novi = 3.2 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 66,243 individuals with a median age of 47.1 age the population dropped by -2.07% in Novi, Midland County, Michigan population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 2,190.29 residents per square mile of area (845.69/km²). There are average 2.82 people per household in the 67 households with an average household income of $109,933 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is of the available work force and has dropped -10.42% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 4.16%. The number of physicians in Novi per 100,000 population = 456.1.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Novi = 32.8 inches and the annual snowfall = 35.7 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 122. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 178. 85 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 17.9 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 51, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Novi, Midland County, Michigan which are owned by the occupant = 95.71%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 40 years with median home cost = $313,040 and home appreciation of -9.18%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $13.73 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $6,028 per student. There are 28.8 students for each teacher in the school, 575 students for each Librarian and 559 students for each Counselor. 4.65% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 37.98% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 18.60% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).