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Asking Rent by Neighborhood in San Francisco
The Castro/Upper Market has the highest asking rent in San Francisco at $5,942, and Lakeshore the lowest at $3,260, a spread of 1.8 times. The citywide figure is $4,682, and 12 of 38 neighborhoods sit above it.
Zillow's observed rent index (ZORI) as of August 2026, the typical asking rent on new listings, rolled up from ZIP codes to neighborhoods by housing units. 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 | vs city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Castro/Upper Market | $5,942 | +27% |
| 2 | Presidio | $5,806 | +24% |
| 3 | Financial District/South Beach | $5,556 | +19% |
| 4 | Noe Valley | $5,457 | +17% |
| 5 | Mission Bay | $5,306 | +13% |
| 6 | West of Twin Peaks | $5,257 | +12% |
| 7 | Marina | $5,228 | +12% |
| 8 | Haight Ashbury | $5,058 | +8% |
| 9 | Potrero Hill | $5,001 | +7% |
| 10 | Glen Park | $4,792 | +2% |
| 11 | Twin Peaks | $4,792 | +2% |
| 12 | Lone Mountain/USF | $4,698 | +0% |
| 13 | Japantown | $4,605 | -2% |
| 14 | North Beach | $4,596 | -2% |
| 15 | Bernal Heights | $4,590 | -2% |
| 16 | Mission | $4,541 | -3% |
| 17 | South of Market | $4,531 | -3% |
| 18 | Inner Richmond | $4,440 | -5% |
| 19 | Presidio Heights | $4,440 | -5% |
| 20 | Pacific Heights | $4,359 | -7% |
| 21 | Western Addition | $4,282 | -9% |
| 22 | Hayes Valley | $4,270 | -9% |
| 23 | Inner Sunset | $4,232 | -10% |
| 24 | Portola | $4,213 | -10% |
| 25 | Visitacion Valley | $4,213 | -10% |
| 26 | Sunset/Parkside | $4,205 | -10% |
| 27 | Outer Richmond | $4,180 | -11% |
| 28 | Seacliff | $4,159 | -11% |
| 29 | Russian Hill | $4,109 | -12% |
| 30 | Bayview Hunters Point | $4,062 | -13% |
| 31 | Chinatown | $4,044 | -14% |
| 32 | Nob Hill | $3,985 | -15% |
| 33 | Treasure Island | $3,896 | -17% |
| 34 | Tenderloin | $3,831 | -18% |
| 35 | Excelsior | $3,715 | -21% |
| 36 | Outer Mission | $3,715 | -21% |
| 37 | Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside | $3,522 | -25% |
| 38 | Lakeshore | $3,260 | -30% |
| San Francisco | $4,682 |
Asking rent across the city
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Zillow's observed rent index (ZORI) as of August 2026, the typical asking rent on new listings, rolled up from ZIP codes to neighborhoods by housing units. 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. Neighborhoods with fewer than 500 homes are left out.
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