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San Francisco, CA

884,363 Population
46.9 square miles 18,854.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 36.5 ±0.2

Economics

$64,597 ±$1,700 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: $52,261 ±$665
  • nearly double the amount in California: $35,046 ±$168
$110,816 ±$3,045 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: $101,714 ±$833
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $71,805 ±$294

10% ±0.9% (86,695  ±7,543) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 8.8% 411,500 (±0.4% / ±17,025)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 13.3% 5,160,208 (±0.2% / ±71,947)

33.9 minutes ±0.7 (16,445,275  ±411,681) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 34.4 75,998,375 (±0.3 / ±887,942)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.8 512,692,140 (±0.1 / ±2,043,214)

Families

360,323 ±4,331 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 1,694,362 ±7,221
  • California: 13,005,097 ±17,539
2.4 ±0 (864,051  ±2,827) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 2.7 4,645,652 (±0 / ±4,681)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 3 38,718,791

4% ±0.7% (9,681  ±1,762) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 4.4% 52,186 (±0.3% / ±3,760)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 468,957 (±0.1% / ±11,405)

Housing

397,566 ±1,185 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 1,808,895 ±1,800
  • California: 14,177,270 ±934

$1,104,100 ±$24,312 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: $849,500 ±$7,262
  • more than double the amount in California: $509,400 ±$2,199

14.8% ±0.9% (129,822  ±8,017.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 13.4% 625,042 (±0.4% / ±20,138.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 13% 5,076,653 (±0.2% / ±65,525)

Social

88.3% ±1.7% (620,055  ±12,038.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 88.9% 3,039,954 (±0.8% / ±26,172.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 83.3% 22,229,971 (±0.3% / ±72,665.4)
57.8% ±1.3% (406,192  ±9,211.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 49.3% 1,685,874 (±0.5% / ±18,582.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 33.7% 8,976,247 (±0.2% / ±45,115.3)

44.3% ±0.9% (374,021  ±7,654) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 42.1% 1,882,954 (±0.4% / ±19,790.9)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 44.5% 16,479,654 (±0.2% / ±61,748.9)

35.6% ±0.9% (314,466  ±7,919) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 31.3% 1,481,428 (±0.5% / ±22,092)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 27% 10,653,414 (±0.1% / ±47,294)

2.8% ±0.3% (21,452  ±2,495) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 4% 151,523 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
  • about half the rate in California: 5.2% 1,564,913 (±0.1% / ±17,321)
21,452 Total veterans ±2,495 19,415 Male ±2,332 2,037 Female ±737

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