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San Francisco Household Statistics

The average San Francisco household has 2.21 people. 6.0% of occupied homes are overcrowded, and 6.2% of households moved in recently.

These rankings cover how many people share a home, how many homes have more than one person per room (the Census definition of overcrowded), and how many households moved in recently.

Households rankings for all 38 neighborhoods

Each ranking lists every neighborhood against the citywide figure, which is the number shown on the card. Citywide trends for every measure are on the housing overview.

Where San Francisco households are largest

Outer Mission has the largest households in the city, 3.46 people per home against 2.21 citywide. The chart shows the ten largest.

Average household size, the ten largest San Francisco neighborhoods by people per home
  1. Outer Mission3.46
  2. Visitacion Valley3.37
  3. Excelsior3.27
  4. Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside3.17
  5. Portola3.09
  6. Bayview Hunters Point3.06
  7. Treasure Island2.96
  8. Presidio2.89
  9. Sunset/Parkside2.75
  10. West of Twin Peaks2.61
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