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San Francisco, CA

808,988 Population
46.7 square miles 17,323.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$88,336 ±$2,553 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $71,496 ±$943
  • nearly double the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$126,730 ±$5,648 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $127,792 ±$2,754
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

12% ±0.8% (95,897  ±6,489) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 9.3% 416,535 (±0.4% / ±15,644)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

30.9 minutes ±0.7 (10,745,840  ±347,035) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 31.7 59,174,408 (±0.3 / ±838,261)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

372,027 ±4,832 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,763,465 ±7,328
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.1 ±0 (778,344  ±910) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 2.5 4,464,649 (±0 / ±3,726)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

3.8% ±0.7% (7,703  ±1,416) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 4.7% 50,977 (±0.4% / ±4,211)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

418,143 ±448 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,897,192 ±1,508
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$1,348,000 ±$48,299 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $1,105,100 ±$13,634
  • nearly double the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

15.6% ±1.2% (124,680  ±9,458) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 11.6% 524,151 (±0.4% / ±19,896.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

89.1% ±1.8% (576,468  ±11,454) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 3,008,293 (±0.8% / ±27,776.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
60.4% ±1.4% (390,593  ±8,853.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 53.1% 1,783,239 (±0.6% / ±20,131.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

44% ±0.9% (341,366  ±7,199.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 43.4% 1,883,443 (±0.6% / ±24,708.3)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 45% 16,604,364 (±0.2% / ±70,281.5)

35.1% (283,514  ±8,352) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 32.8% 1,499,160
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

2.5% ±0.3% (17,326  ±2,112) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 3% 111,896 (±0.1% / ±4,893)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
17,326 Total veterans ±2,112 15,067 Male ±2,016 2,259 Female ±632

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