San Francisco Housing Statistics

San Francisco has 420,054 housing units, of which 48,213 were vacant in the 2024 survey, a 11.5% vacancy rate. 63.3% of occupied homes are rented. Current tenants pay a median rent of $2,448, and the median owner-reported home value is $1,314,700.

Those citywide numbers hide big swings from one part of the city to the next, so each figure below is also broken down by neighborhood, ZIP code and supervisor district. Sources are explained in the methodology.

How San Francisco's housing costs have moved since 2005

In 2024 dollars, the median rent has risen 36% since 2005, the median home value has risen 13%, and median household income has risen 51%. The dashed line on each chart is the inflation-adjusted series. 2020 is missing because the Census Bureau did not release standard one-year estimates that year.

Vacancy and tenure over time

What San Francisco housing costs on the market right now

The Census figures above lag the market by a year or more and describe everyone, including owners who bought decades ago and tenants on rent-controlled leases. For today's prices, Zillow's indexes for September 2026 put the typical San Francisco home at $1,441,000, +15.5% over the past year, and the typical asking rent on a new listing at $4,784 a month, +26.4% over the past year. That asking rent is 93.2% above the $2,476 median that current tenants pay, a gap that rent control and long tenancies keep open. Homes that sold from July to September 2026 went for a median of $1,103 per square foot, by Redfin's sales records, and the price per square foot ranking shows how far that swings between neighborhoods.

Every neighborhood page carries the same Zillow figures next to its Census numbers, and three rankings cover the whole city: current home values, asking rents and the asking rent premium over what tenants pay. Source: Zillow Research, ZHVI and ZORI.

Housing metrics ranked by neighborhood

Each metric ranks all 38 neighborhoods against the citywide figure. For who lives here, from age to commute, see the San Francisco demographics overview.

Rent

What renters pay, what new listings ask, and who is stretched by it.

• Median rent$2,476
• Rent-burdened households39.6%
• Severely rent-burdened households19.8%
• Asking rent$4,784
• Asking rent premium93.2%
• Asking rent change, 1 year26.4%

Home values

What owners say their homes are worth, and what Zillow says they would sell for.

• Median home value$1,394,500
• Current home value$1,441,000
• Home value change, 1 year15.5%
• Sale price per square foot$1,103

Income

Household income by neighborhood.

• Median household income$140,970
• Poverty rate11.2%

Owners and renters

Who owns and who rents.

• Renter share61.8%
• Homeownership rate38.2%
• Homeownership rate under 3513.8%
• Homeownership rate, ages 35 to 6443.4%
• Homeownership rate, 65 and over51.9%
• Renters under 3534.2%
• Renters aged 35 to 6447.3%
• Renters 65 and over18.6%

Vacancy

How many homes sit empty, and why.

• Vacancy rate12.2%
• Rental vacancy rate6.7%
• Homeowner vacancy rate1.0%
• Vacant homes for rent32.1%
• Vacant homes rented but not yet occupied4.9%
• Vacant homes for sale3.1%
• Vacant homes sold but not yet occupied15.3%
• Vacant homes for seasonal or occasional use16.9%
• Other vacant homes27.7%

Building types

Single-family houses, flats, and apartment buildings of every size.

• Single-family homes30.4%
• Detached single-family homes18.0%
• Attached single-family homes12.4%
• Homes in 2 to 4 unit buildings20.1%
• Homes in 2 unit buildings9.1%
• Homes in 3 or 4 unit buildings11.0%
• Homes in 5 to 9 unit buildings9.2%
• Homes in 10 to 19 unit buildings9.2%
• Homes in large buildings30.8%
• Homes in 20 to 49 unit buildings10.7%
• Homes in buildings with 50 or more units20.1%

Year built

When the housing stock was built, decade by decade.

• Homes built before 194045.2%
• Homes built in the 1940s8.4%
• Homes built in the 1950s7.7%
• Homes built in the 1960s8.0%
• Homes built in the 1970s7.2%
• Homes built in the 1980s5.3%
• Homes built in the 1990s3.9%
• Homes built in the 2000s6.4%
• Homes built in the 2010s6.9%
• Homes built in 2020 or later1.1%
• Homes built since 20108.0%

Households

Household size, overcrowding and turnover.

• Average household size2.21
• Overcrowded homes6.0%
• Recent movers6.2%

Housing stock

How many homes and people each neighborhood has.

• Housing units414,602
• Population830,235

Where the numbers come from

Citywide figures on this page are American Community Survey 1-year estimates for San Francisco County, which is the same thing as the city. Neighborhood and district figures across the site are 5-year estimates for 2020-2024, because the Census Bureau only publishes tract-level data on the five-year cycle. The two differ slightly for the same year: the five-year number averages five years of responses. Neighborhood boundaries are the Planning Department's Analysis Neighborhoods. Current market values and asking rents are Zillow Research indexes, refreshed monthly. Details and table numbers are on the methodology page.