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San Francisco Homes and Population Counts

San Francisco has 414,602 housing units and 830,235 residents. Sunset/Parkside has the most homes of any neighborhood, 28,989.

These are plain counts of homes and residents. They show how big each neighborhood is, which helps when a percentage elsewhere on the site looks surprising.

Housing stock 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.

San Francisco's housing units since 2005

San Francisco had 354,963 housing units in 2005 and 420,054 in 2024, a gain of 65,091. These are annual one-year survey figures, so the latest point (420,054 in 2024) differs a little from the five-year figure at the top of the page.

San Francisco housing units, ACS 1-year
2005 Housing units: 354,9632006 Housing units: 356,4862007 Housing units: 357,8332008 Housing units: 359,9052009 Housing units: 361,2422010 Housing units: 376,7772011 Housing units: 378,2612012 Housing units: 376,8992013 Housing units: 381,0012014 Housing units: 386,6102015 Housing units: 390,1982016 Housing units: 392,8232017 Housing units: 397,5662018 Housing units: 401,4782019 Housing units: 406,3992021 Housing units: 412,2692022 Housing units: 414,5532023 Housing units: 418,1432024 Housing units: 420,054
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