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Graduate or Professional Degree by Neighborhood in San Francisco

Noe Valley has the highest share of adults with a graduate or professional degree in San Francisco at 47.3%, and Visitacion Valley the lowest at 5.3%, a spread of 42.0 points. The citywide figure is 25.4%, and 22 of 38 neighborhoods sit above it.

Adults 25 and over with a master's, professional or doctoral degree. For related figures, see the San Francisco demographics overview, and the methodology for how the numbers are built.

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All 38 neighborhoods ranked

#NeighborhoodGraduate or professional degreevs city
1Noe Valley47.3%+21.9 pts
2Seacliff46.5%+21.1 pts
3Mission Bay45.1%+19.7 pts
4Potrero Hill (incl. Dogpatch)44.7%+19.3 pts
5Financial District/South Beach (incl. Rincon Hill, Embarcadero)43.0%+17.6 pts
6Castro/Upper Market (incl. Duboce Triangle, Eureka Valley)38.1%+12.7 pts
7Haight Ashbury (incl. Cole Valley)37.5%+12.1 pts
8Glen Park37.0%+11.6 pts
9Presidio36.8%+11.4 pts
10Pacific Heights35.1%+9.7 pts
11Marina (incl. Cow Hollow)34.0%+8.6 pts
12West of Twin Peaks (incl. Forest Hill, St. Francis Wood, Miraloma Park)33.4%+8.0 pts
13Presidio Heights33.2%+7.8 pts
14Twin Peaks (incl. Diamond Heights)32.5%+7.1 pts
15Russian Hill32.4%+7.0 pts
16Inner Sunset32.3%+6.9 pts
17North Beach (incl. Telegraph Hill)30.3%+4.9 pts
18Lone Mountain/USF30.0%+4.6 pts
19Inner Richmond29.9%+4.5 pts
20Bernal Heights29.6%+4.2 pts
21Hayes Valley29.6%+4.2 pts
22Japantown27.9%+2.5 pts
23Outer Richmond25.1%-0.3 pts
24Western Addition (incl. NoPa, Alamo Square, Fillmore)24.6%-0.8 pts
25Mission23.6%-1.8 pts
26Nob Hill23.5%-1.9 pts
27Lakeshore20.6%-4.8 pts
28Sunset/Parkside20.2%-5.2 pts
29South of Market (incl. SoMa)19.7%-5.7 pts
30Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside13.8%-11.6 pts
31Portola10.6%-14.8 pts
32Tenderloin (incl. Civic Center)10.4%-15.0 pts
33Bayview Hunters Point9.3%-16.1 pts
34Outer Mission8.3%-17.1 pts
35Excelsior8.0%-17.4 pts
36Chinatown6.4%-19.0 pts
37Treasure Island5.9%-19.5 pts
38Visitacion Valley5.3%-20.1 pts
San Francisco25.4%

Graduate or professional degree across the city

Graduate or professional degree by San Francisco neighborhood
  1. Noe Valley47.3%
  2. Seacliff46.5%
  3. Mission Bay45.1%
  4. Potrero Hill44.7%
  5. Financial District/South Beach43.0%
  6. Castro/Upper Market38.1%
  7. Haight Ashbury37.5%
  8. Glen Park37.0%
  9. Presidio36.8%
  10. Pacific Heights35.1%
  11. Marina34.0%
  12. West of Twin Peaks33.4%
  13. Presidio Heights33.2%
  14. Twin Peaks32.5%
  15. Russian Hill32.4%
  16. Inner Sunset32.3%
  17. North Beach30.3%
  18. Lone Mountain/USF30.0%
  19. Inner Richmond29.9%
  20. Bernal Heights29.6%
  21. Hayes Valley29.6%
  22. Japantown27.9%
  23. Outer Richmond25.1%
  24. Western Addition24.6%
  25. Mission23.6%
  26. Nob Hill23.5%
  27. Lakeshore20.6%
  28. Sunset/Parkside20.2%
  29. South of Market19.7%
  30. Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside13.8%
  31. Portola10.6%
  32. Tenderloin10.4%
  33. Bayview Hunters Point9.3%
  34. Outer Mission8.3%
  35. Excelsior8.0%
  36. Chinatown6.4%
  37. Treasure Island5.9%
  38. Visitacion Valley5.3%

Reading this ranking

Adults 25 and over with a master's, professional or doctoral degree. Figures are five-year American Community Survey estimates for 2020-2024. Each neighborhood's share adds up the counts from its census tracts before dividing, out of adults 25 and over. The San Francisco row comes straight from the Census Bureau's county figures. Small groups in small neighborhoods carry wide margins of error, so a gap of a point or two between neighborhoods is not meaningful. Neighborhoods with fewer than 500 homes are left out.

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