San Francisco, CA (California) Houses and Residents
| San Francisco: | $1,217,500 |
| California: | $568,500 |
Mean price in 2019:
Detached houses: $1,650,404
Here: $1,650,404 State: $765,845 Townhouses or other attached units: $1,446,053
Here: $1,446,053 State: $677,010 In 2-unit structures: $1,475,497
Here: $1,475,497 State: $1,050,336 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $1,564,097
Here: $1,564,097 State: $661,682 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $1,235,701
Here: $1,235,701 State: $672,204 Mobile homes: $356,181
Here: $356,181 State: $158,037
Total population: 852,469 (Urban population: 776,733, Rural population: 0)
Houses: 406,399 (365,851 occupied: 135,852 owner occupied, 229,999 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 63% |
| State: | 45% |
Housing density: 8,703 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2019: $2,532,638.
Median contract rent in 2019: $1,889 (lower quartile is $1,054, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2019: $2,445
Median gross rent in San Francisco, CA in 2019: $1,959
Housing units in San Francisco with a mortgage: 88,260 (1,384 second mortgage, 12,370 home equity loan, 595 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 47,592
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $187,456
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $101,876
Median monthly housing costs: $2,153
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Median year apartment built: 1951
Household type by relationship:
Households: 881,549- Male householders: 199,595 (67,597 living alone), Female householders: 166,256 (66,163 living alone)
127,410 spouses (121,515 opposite-sex spouses), 32,763 unmarried partners, (28,909 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 162,123 children (156,516 natural, 2,948 adopted, 2,659 stepchildren), 13,488 grandchildren, 13,567 brothers or sisters, 21,137 parents, 290 foster children, 18,139 other relatives, 106,816 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 19,965
Size of family households: 76,011 2-persons, 39,434 3-persons, 33,297 4-persons, 11,028 5-persons, 4,542 6-persons, 3,553 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 133,760 1-person, 43,757 2-persons, 12,106 3-persons, 5,572 4-persons, 2,427 5-persons, 198 6-persons, 166 7-or-more-persons.
82,819 married couples with children.
17,837 single-parent households (3,229 men, 14,608 women).
57.7% of residents of San Francisco speak English at home.
10.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
6.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
24.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 296,969 (33.7%)
(64.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 5.4 |
| State: | 6.0 |
Median number of rooms in apartments
| Here: | 3.2 |
| State: | 3.9 |
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in San Francisco, California
- 2,409no bedroom
- 12,9081 bedroom
- 46,3682 bedrooms
- 47,0633 bedrooms
- 19,5664 bedrooms
- 7,5385+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in San Francisco, California
- 53,929no bedroom
- 77,1151 bedroom
- 59,4892 bedrooms
- 29,1893 bedrooms
- 7,9974 bedrooms
- 2,2805+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Cars and other vehicles available in San Francisco in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 14,570no vehicle
- 59,2501 vehicle
- 42,0032 vehicles
- 15,5443 vehicles
- 3,1574 vehicles
- 1,3285+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in San Francisco in renter-occupied apartments
- 103,767no vehicle
- 93,1681 vehicle
- 25,2822 vehicles
- 5,9393 vehicles
- 1,4714 vehicles
- 3725+ vehicles
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in San Francisco, California
- 2,2781 room
- 3,3052 rooms
- 12,9913 rooms
- 21,2484 rooms
- 31,1575 rooms
- 23,9526 rooms
- 16,4667 rooms
- 10,3258 rooms
- 14,1309+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in San Francisco, California
- 44,2431 room
- 32,4182 rooms
- 52,9053 rooms
- 41,5584 rooms
- 30,8655 rooms
- 17,3166 rooms
- 4,7447 rooms
- 2,6178 rooms
- 3,3339+ rooms
San Francisco, CA household income distribution
- 14,708Less than $10,000
- 28,572$10,000 to $19,999
- 16,768$20,000 to $29,999
- 13,875$30,000 to $39,999
- 13,736$40,000 to $49,999
- 14,080$50,000 to $59,999
- 23,206$60,000 to $74,999
- 29,852$75,000 to $99,999
- 28,985$100,000 to $124,999
- 25,958$125,000 to $149,999
- 43,690$150,000 to $199,999
- 112,421$200,000 or more
Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2019 in San Francisco, CA
-
- 1,162Less than $10,000
- 58$10,000 to $14,999
- 43$15,000 to $19,999
- 20$20,000 to $24,999
- 57$25,000 to $29,999
- 8$30,000 to $34,999
- 42$35,000 to $39,999
- 65$40,000 to $49,999
- 82$50,000 to $59,999
- 59$60,000 to $69,999
- 161$70,000 to $79,999
- 114$80,000 to $89,999
- 116$90,000 to $99,999
- 348$100,000 to $124,999
- 36$125,000 to $149,999
- 215$150,000 to $174,999
- 74$175,000 to $199,999
- 618$200,000 to $249,999
- 699$250,000 to $299,999
- 2,216$300,000 to $399,999
- 2,769$400,000 to $499,999
- 20,469$500,000 to $749,999
- 32,270$750,000 to $999,999
- 46,214$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
- 23,598$1,500,000 to $1,999,999
- 25,659$2,000,000 or more
Rent paid by renters in 2019 in San Francisco, CA
-
- 419Less than $100
- 1,315$100 to $149
- 2,122$150 to $199
- 3,197$200 to $249
- 7,941$250 to $299
- 3,227$300 to $349
- 1,524$350 to $399
- 1,651$400 to $449
- 1,809$450 to $499
- 5,237$500 to $549
- 1,730$550 to $599
- 3,131$600 to $649
- 2,392$650 to $699
- 2,495$700 to $749
- 1,725$750 to $799
- 5,672$800 to $899
- 6,443$900 to $999
- 18,743$1,000 to $1,249
- 15,283$1,250 to $1,499
- 33,528$1,500 to $1,999
- 28,491$2,000 to $2,499
- 26,064$2,500 to $2,999
- 26,164$3,000 to $3,499
- 23,919$3,500 or more
- 5,777No cash rent
Percentage of workers working in this county: 78.2%
Number of people working at home: 39,124 (7.4% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
- Less than 5 minutes: 4,948
- 5 to 9 minutes: 14,806
- 10 to 14 minutes: 34,670
- 15 to 19 minutes: 52,112
- 20 to 24 minutes: 59,385
- 25 to 29 minutes: 37,604
- 30 to 34 minutes: 95,296
- 35 to 39 minutes: 22,052
- 40 to 44 minutes: 28,291
- 45 to 59 minutes: 61,096
- 60 to 89 minutes: 53,131
- 90 or more minutes: 23,507
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 235,789 (29.7%)
- Carpooled: 57,674 (7.3%)
- Bus: 134,647 (16.9%)
- Subway or elevated rail: 149,845 (18.9%)
- Long-distance train or commuter rail: 35,741 (4.5%)
- Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 13,728 (1.7%)
- Ferryboat: 12,618 (1.6%)
- Taxi: 27,301 (3.4%)
- Bicycle: 20,403 (2.6%)
- Walked: 67,644 (8.5%)
- Worked at home: 39,124 (4.9%)
- Unemployment by race in 2019
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 2.9%Males
- 2.2%Females
- Unemployment rate for Black residents
- 5.2%Males
- 11.2%Females
- Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
- 9.0%Males
- 8.9%Females
- Unemployment rate for Asian residents
- 3.9%Males
- 3.2%Females
- Unemployment rate for other race residents
- 8.4%Males
- 2.6%Females
- Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
- 3.8%Males
- 5.6%Females
- Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
- 7.4%Males
- 4.6%Females
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population in San Francisco, California
- 68,1972010 or later
- 63,1692000 to 2009
- 59,1991990 to 1999
- 86,9491980 to 1989
- 47,9991970 to 1979
- 44,393Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
- European: 17,690 (3.4%)
- Irish: 16,093 (3.1%)
- Italian: 11,719 (2.3%)
- American: 11,586 (2.2%)
- German: 10,800 (2.1%)
- English: 7,572 (1.5%)
- Russian: 6,254 (1.2%)
- Eastern European: 4,712 (0.9%)
- British: 4,196 (0.8%)
- French: 4,076 (0.8%)
- Ukrainian: 3,005 (0.6%)
- Iranian: 2,798 (0.5%)
- Polish: 2,740 (0.5%)
- Northern European: 2,625 (0.5%)
- Scottish: 2,348 (0.5%)
- Armenian: 1,886 (0.4%)
- Greek: 1,752 (0.3%)
- Norwegian: 1,678 (0.3%)
- Swedish: 1,549 (0.3%)
- Brazilian: 1,520 (0.3%)
- Dutch: 1,480 (0.3%)
- French Canadian: 1,367 (0.3%)
- Portuguese: 1,282 (0.2%)
- Scotch-Irish: 1,035 (0.2%)
- Turkish: 964 (0.2%)
- Canadian: 950 (0.2%)
- Scandinavian: 936 (0.2%)
- Ethiopian: 864 (0.2%)
- Arab: 830 (0.2%)
- African: 820 (0.2%)
- Hungarian: 747 (0.1%)
- Danish: 687 (0.1%)
- Israeli: 615 (0.1%)
- Swiss: 607 (0.1%)
- Egyptian: 545 (0.1%)
- Romanian: 536 (0.1%)
- Lebanese: 534 (0.1%)
- Austrian: 527 (0.1%)
- Jamaican: 508 (0.10%)
- Croatian: 444 (0.09%)
- Palestinian: 439 (0.08%)
- Belgian: 411 (0.08%)
- Czech: 401 (0.08%)
- Australian: 380 (0.07%)
- Lithuanian: 377 (0.07%)
- Nigerian: 372 (0.07%)
- Finnish: 331 (0.06%)
- Bulgarian: 314 (0.06%)
- Slovene: 299 (0.06%)
- Yugoslavian: 297 (0.06%)
- Welsh: 294 (0.06%)
- Afghan: 293 (0.06%)
- South African: 292 (0.06%)
- Serbian: 284 (0.05%)
- Basque: 278 (0.05%)
- Moroccan: 278 (0.05%)
- Jordanian: 245 (0.05%)
- Kenyan: 221 (0.04%)
- New Zealander: 189 (0.04%)
- Haitian: 177 (0.03%)
- Latvian: 164 (0.03%)
- Czechoslovakian: 159 (0.03%)
- Slovak: 154 (0.03%)
- Guyanese: 107 (0.02%)
- Celtic: 77 (0.01%)
- British West Indian: 67 (0.01%)
- Icelander: 65 (0.01%)
- Syrian: 59 (0.01%)
- Macedonian: 55 (0.01%)
- Assyrian: 54 (0.01%)
- Sudanese: 52 (0.01%)
- Cypriot: 49 (0.01%)
- West Indian: 49 (0.01%)
- Slavic: 48 (0.01%)
- Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 41 (0.01%)
- Iraqi: 39 (0.01%)
- Barbadian: 38 (0.01%)
- Cape Verdean: 38 (0.01%)
- Liberian: 37 (0.01%)
- Cajun: 36 (0.01%)
- Somali: 36 (0.01%)
- Albanian: 35 (0.01%)
- Soviet Union: 35 (0.01%)
- Belizean: 34 (0.01%)
- Maltese: 32 (0.01%)
- Senegalese: 30 (0.01%)
- Pennsylvania German: 27 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
| San Francisco: | 29.1% (86,395) |
| California: | 6.6% (692,061) |
Vietnam
| San Francisco: | 6.7% (19,951) |
| California: | 5.0% (532,146) |
Philippines
| San Francisco: | 6.5% (19,284) |
| California: | 8.2% (867,794) |
Mexico
| San Francisco: | 6.5% (19,158) |
| California: | 37.4% (3,951,224) |
Hong Kong
| San Francisco: | 5.2% (15,535) |
| California: | 1.0% (104,645) |
India
| San Francisco: | 3.9% (11,627) |
| California: | 4.9% (522,371) |
El Salvador
| San Francisco: | 3.0% (8,994) |
| California: | 4.2% (446,414) |
Japan
| San Francisco: | 1.9% (5,546) |
| California: | 1.0% (102,392) |
Taiwan
| San Francisco: | 1.7% (4,963) |
| California: | 1.6% (171,493) |
Canada
| San Francisco: | 1.6% (4,867) |
| California: | 1.2% (124,593) |
Guatemala
| San Francisco: | 1.6% (4,742) |
| California: | 2.9% (303,630) |
Ukraine
| San Francisco: | 1.6% (4,740) |
| California: | 0.5% (54,084) |
Korea
| San Francisco: | 1.6% (4,694) |
| California: | 3.0% (315,278) |
Russia
| San Francisco: | 1.6% (4,690) |
| California: | 0.7% (73,131) |
Nicaragua
| San Francisco: | 1.6% (4,657) |
| California: | 0.6% (62,668) |
France
| San Francisco: | 1.5% (4,467) |
| California: | 0.4% (40,819) |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 350,200
- Other state: 214,330
- Northeast: 72,343
- Midwest: 59,148
- South: 53,724
- West: 29,115
85.6% of San Francisco residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35.0% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61.4% lived in California.
| San Francisco: | 85.6% |
| State average: | 87.1% |
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
- No schooling: 8,616
- Nursery to 4th grade: 1,241
- 5th and 6th grade: 5,846
- 7th and 8th grade: 3,682
- 9th grade: 3,982
- 10th grade: 3,023
- 11th grade: 2,809
- 12th grade, no diploma: 8,183
- High school graduate (or equivalency): 44,099
- Less than 1 year of college: 10,139
- Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 36,457
- Associate degree: 16,199
- Bachelor's degree: 126,354
- Master's degree: 59,452
- Professional school degree: 18,049
- Doctorate degree: 11,485
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
- No schooling: 13,317
- Nursery to 4th grade: 4,317
- 5th and 6th grade: 7,207
- 7th and 8th grade: 3,441
- 9th grade: 4,445
- 10th grade: 2,267
- 11th grade: 1,992
- 12th grade, no diploma: 7,171
- High school graduate (or equivalency): 39,180
- Less than 1 year of college: 12,270
- Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 28,415
- Associate degree: 17,857
- Bachelor's degree: 119,531
- Master's degree: 55,954
- Professional school degree: 16,228
- Doctorate degree: 8,071
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 76,822
- One, attached: 44,526
- Two: 38,774
- 3 or 4: 46,034
- 5 to 9: 42,536
- 10 to 19: 34,727
- 20 to 49: 38,716
- 50 or more: 83,436
- Mobile homes: 326
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 502
Median worth of mobile homes: $81,412
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2019: 5.4%
House/condo owner moved in on average 15 years ago
Renter moved in on average 5 years ago
Houses and condos
Apartments
- 73.7%Utility gas
- 22.4%Electricity
- 1.8%No fuel used
- 1.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.4%Solar energy
- 0.2%Other fuel
- 0.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 51.8%Utility gas
- 36.3%Electricity
- 8.6%No fuel used
- 1.5%Other fuel
- 1.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.3%Solar energy
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14,069
| Here: | 28.3% |
| California: | 8.3% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4,660
| Here: | 20.6% |
| California: | 8.4% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10,133
| Here: | 19.6% |
| California: | 14.4% |
