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San Francisco, CA

815,201 Population
46.9 square miles 17,376.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$80,383 ±$2,512 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $63,934 ±$785
  • nearly double the amount in California: $42,396 ±$233
$121,826 ±$5,224 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $116,005 ±$2,033
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $84,907 ±$542

11.3% ±0.9% (90,833  ±7,061) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 9% 411,862 (±0.4% / ±17,497)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 12.3% 4,733,036 (±0.2% / ±68,101)

29.2 minutes ±0.1 (6,968,110  ±312,842) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 28.8 43,051,676 (±0.3 / ±755,562)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 27.6 385,992,600 (±0.1 / ±2,410,052)

Families

350,796 ±5,380 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 1,719,049 ±8,392
  • California: 13,429,063 ±19,170
2.3 ±0 (797,995  ±3,367) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 2.7 4,550,294 (±0 / ±6,586)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,422,140

3.3% ±0.7% (6,806  ±1,380) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 4.9% 54,347 (±0.3% / ±3,823)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.9% 458,334 (±0.1% / ±13,293)

Housing

412,269 ±1,484 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 1,865,091 ±2,545
  • California: 14,512,149 ±1,218

$1,306,400 ±$54,457 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $1,042,300 ±$9,600
  • about double the amount in California: $648,100 ±$2,021

18.5% ±1.2% (148,867  ±9,718.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 13% 596,454 (±0.4% / ±20,188.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 11.3% 4,371,473 (±0.1% / ±54,643.1)

Social

89.2% ±1.9% (577,897  ±12,454.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 89.6% 3,029,680 (±0.8% / ±25,416.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.5% 22,724,990 (±0.3% / ±77,239)
60.9% ±1.5% (394,580  ±9,977.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 51.8% 1,749,675 (±0.6% / ±18,826.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 36.2% 9,737,817 (±0.2% / ±46,277.1)

44% ±1.2% (343,693  ±9,090.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 41.9% 1,841,102 (±0.4% / ±19,139.4)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 43.9% 16,263,962 (±0.2% / ±66,032.3)

34.3% ±1.3% (279,349  ±10,419) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 31.2% 1,443,472 (±0.4% / ±19,937)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 26.6% 10,451,810 (±0.1% / ±54,396)

2.7% ±0.3% (18,703  ±2,112) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 3.5% 128,696 (±0.2% / ±6,465)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.4% 1,342,337 (±0.1% / ±18,280)
18,703 Total veterans ±2,112 16,945 Male ±1,884 1,758 Female ±852

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