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Homes Built before 1940 by Neighborhood in San Francisco

Haight Ashbury has the highest share of homes built before 1940 in San Francisco at 71.2%, and Mission Bay the lowest at 1.5%, a spread of 69.7 points. The citywide figure is 45.2%, and 20 of 38 neighborhoods sit above it.

Share of housing units built in 1939 or earlier. For related figures, see the San Francisco housing overview, and the methodology for how the numbers are built.

Homes built before 1940 by neighborhood on the map

Map of San Francisco neighborhoods shaded by share of homes built before 1940, darkest where it ranks highest
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All 38 neighborhoods ranked

#NeighborhoodHomes built before 1940vs city
1Haight Ashbury (incl. Cole Valley)71.2%+26.0 pts
2Seacliff66.2%+21.0 pts
3Marina (incl. Cow Hollow)63.4%+18.2 pts
4Chinatown63.2%+18.0 pts
5Bernal Heights61.9%+16.7 pts
6Russian Hill61.6%+16.4 pts
7Tenderloin (incl. Civic Center)61.5%+16.3 pts
8Castro/Upper Market (incl. Duboce Triangle, Eureka Valley)60.1%+14.9 pts
9Inner Richmond59.6%+14.4 pts
10Nob Hill59.2%+14.0 pts
11Presidio Heights56.8%+11.6 pts
12Mission56.6%+11.4 pts
13Outer Richmond56.4%+11.2 pts
14Lone Mountain/USF56.2%+11.0 pts
15Noe Valley54.9%+9.7 pts
16Hayes Valley54.3%+9.1 pts
17Pacific Heights54.0%+8.8 pts
18Outer Mission52.4%+7.2 pts
19West of Twin Peaks (incl. Forest Hill, St. Francis Wood, Miraloma Park)51.5%+6.3 pts
20Inner Sunset45.8%+0.6 pts
21North Beach (incl. Telegraph Hill)42.1%-3.1 pts
22Excelsior40.4%-4.8 pts
23Glen Park39.7%-5.5 pts
24Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside38.3%-6.9 pts
25Presidio36.6%-8.6 pts
26Sunset/Parkside36.1%-9.1 pts
27Western Addition (incl. NoPa, Alamo Square, Fillmore)29.8%-15.4 pts
28Potrero Hill (incl. Dogpatch)28.6%-16.6 pts
29Portola27.8%-17.4 pts
30Bayview Hunters Point25.0%-20.2 pts
31Visitacion Valley20.1%-25.1 pts
32South of Market (incl. SoMa)18.8%-26.4 pts
33Japantown16.7%-28.5 pts
34Treasure Island10.9%-34.3 pts
35Twin Peaks (incl. Diamond Heights)10.5%-34.7 pts
36Financial District/South Beach (incl. Rincon Hill, Embarcadero)10.2%-35.0 pts
37Lakeshore2.6%-42.6 pts
38Mission Bay1.5%-43.7 pts
San Francisco45.2%

Homes built before 1940 across the city

Homes built before 1940 by San Francisco neighborhood
  1. Haight Ashbury71.2%
  2. Seacliff66.2%
  3. Marina63.4%
  4. Chinatown63.2%
  5. Bernal Heights61.9%
  6. Russian Hill61.6%
  7. Tenderloin61.5%
  8. Castro/Upper Market60.1%
  9. Inner Richmond59.6%
  10. Nob Hill59.2%
  11. Presidio Heights56.8%
  12. Mission56.6%
  13. Outer Richmond56.4%
  14. Lone Mountain/USF56.2%
  15. Noe Valley54.9%
  16. Hayes Valley54.3%
  17. Pacific Heights54.0%
  18. Outer Mission52.4%
  19. West of Twin Peaks51.5%
  20. Inner Sunset45.8%
  21. North Beach42.1%
  22. Excelsior40.4%
  23. Glen Park39.7%
  24. Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside38.3%
  25. Presidio36.6%
  26. Sunset/Parkside36.1%
  27. Western Addition29.8%
  28. Potrero Hill28.6%
  29. Portola27.8%
  30. Bayview Hunters Point25.0%
  31. Visitacion Valley20.1%
  32. South of Market18.8%
  33. Japantown16.7%
  34. Treasure Island10.9%
  35. Twin Peaks10.5%
  36. Financial District/South Beach10.2%
  37. Lakeshore2.6%
  38. Mission Bay1.5%

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Share of housing units built in 1939 or earlier. Figures are five-year American Community Survey estimates for 2020-2024, summed or pooled from the census tracts that make up each neighborhood. Rates are computed from summed counts, so small neighborhoods carry wider margins of error than large ones. Neighborhoods with fewer than 500 homes are left out.

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