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
Compare current foreclosures in San Francisco, CA:
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)
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 plumbing facilities in 2019: 3.1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2019: 5.4%
House/condo owner moved in on average 15 years ago