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Asking Rent Premium by Neighborhood in San Francisco
Chinatown has the highest asking rent premium in San Francisco at 355.9%, and Seacliff the lowest at 25.7%, a spread of 330.2 points. The citywide figure is 89.1%, and 11 of 38 neighborhoods sit above it.
How much more a new lease costs than what current tenants pay: Zillow's asking rent as of August 2026 against the Census median gross rent for the same neighborhood. Every row links to that neighborhood's full housing profile, and the method behind the numbers is on the methodology page. This is one of the rankings in the San Francisco housing overview.
All 38 neighborhoods ranked
| # | Neighborhood | Asking rent premium | vs city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinatown | 355.9% | +266.8 pts |
| 2 | Tenderloin | 207.0% | +117.9 pts |
| 3 | Bayview Hunters Point | 187.5% | +98.4 pts |
| 4 | Visitacion Valley | 155.3% | +66.2 pts |
| 5 | Japantown | 117.8% | +28.7 pts |
| 6 | Western Addition | 116.7% | +27.6 pts |
| 7 | South of Market | 113.6% | +24.5 pts |
| 8 | Castro/Upper Market | 106.0% | +16.9 pts |
| 9 | Portola | 100.9% | +11.8 pts |
| 10 | North Beach | 92.5% | +3.4 pts |
| 11 | Nob Hill | 91.3% | +2.2 pts |
| 12 | Mission | 80.3% | -8.8 pts |
| 13 | Outer Mission | 79.1% | -10.0 pts |
| 14 | Outer Richmond | 75.7% | -13.4 pts |
| 15 | Lone Mountain/USF | 71.2% | -17.9 pts |
| 16 | Financial District/South Beach | 68.8% | -20.3 pts |
| 17 | Glen Park | 68.4% | -20.7 pts |
| 18 | Twin Peaks | 67.9% | -21.2 pts |
| 19 | Presidio | 65.9% | -23.2 pts |
| 20 | Hayes Valley | 65.8% | -23.3 pts |
| 21 | Haight Ashbury | 65.4% | -23.7 pts |
| 22 | Inner Richmond | 64.9% | -24.2 pts |
| 23 | Noe Valley | 64.7% | -24.4 pts |
| 24 | Bernal Heights | 62.5% | -26.6 pts |
| 25 | Excelsior | 62.2% | -26.9 pts |
| 26 | Treasure Island | 61.3% | -27.8 pts |
| 27 | Marina | 59.6% | -29.5 pts |
| 28 | West of Twin Peaks | 56.6% | -32.5 pts |
| 29 | Presidio Heights | 54.5% | -34.6 pts |
| 30 | Mission Bay | 51.6% | -37.5 pts |
| 31 | Sunset/Parkside | 51.6% | -37.5 pts |
| 32 | Russian Hill | 44.9% | -44.2 pts |
| 33 | Potrero Hill | 42.9% | -46.2 pts |
| 34 | Inner Sunset | 42.8% | -46.3 pts |
| 35 | Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside | 41.0% | -48.1 pts |
| 36 | Lakeshore | 38.7% | -50.4 pts |
| 37 | Pacific Heights | 37.7% | -51.4 pts |
| 38 | Seacliff | 25.7% | -63.4 pts |
| San Francisco | 89.1% |
Asking rent premium across the city
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How much more a new lease costs than what current tenants pay: Zillow's asking rent as of August 2026 against the Census median gross rent for the same neighborhood. Figures come from Zillow Research's public files for August 2026. Zillow's home value index is published for its own neighborhood areas, which are averaged into the Planning Department boundaries used here; its rent index is published by ZIP code and rolled up by the number of homes in each ZIP. The premium compares that asking rent with the Census median gross rent for 2020-2024, which includes utilities and covers every current tenant, rent-controlled or not. Neighborhoods with fewer than 500 homes are left out.
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