housing costs · California
Housing costs in San Francisco County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $2,476 | ± $30 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $2,419 | ± $26 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $2,316 | ± $33 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $2,130 | ± $27 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,394,500 | ± $20,642 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,380,500 | ± $21,440 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,348,700 | ± $20,887 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,194,500 | ± $11,182 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 25.1 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 24.4 % | ± 0.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 24.1 % | ± 0.4 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 24.0 % | ± 0.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in San Francisco County is $2,476, above the California median of $1,624 across 56 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.