Census Reporter

San Francisco, CA

881,549 Population
46.9 square miles 18,795.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$75,084 ±$2,293 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $60,223 ±$786
  • nearly double the amount in California: $39,393 ±$177
$123,859 ±$4,727 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $114,696 ±$1,965
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $80,440 ±$313

9.5% ±0.8% (82,356  ±7,138) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 8.2% 380,982 (±0.4% / ±19,484)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 11.8% 4,552,837 (±0.2% / ±67,995)

34.7 minutes ±0.7 (16,896,715  ±423,732) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 35.2 79,633,690 (±0.3 / ±939,421)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 30.7 538,138,130 (±0.1 / ±2,278,526)

Families

365,851 ±4,759 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 1,721,576 ±7,415
  • California: 13,157,873 ±23,844
2.4 ±0 (861,584  ±3,370) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 2.7 4,654,824 (±0 / ±3,894)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,685,702 (±0)

3.6% ±0.7% (8,670  ±1,639) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 4.2% 49,498 (±0.4% / ±4,126)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.7% 450,971 (±0.1% / ±10,955)

Housing

406,399 ±1,432 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 1,841,897 ±1,707
  • California: 14,367,012 ±1,286

$1,217,500 ±$27,717 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $940,900 ±$7,982
  • more than double the amount in California: $568,500 ±$2,502

14.5% ±1% (126,623  ±8,621.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 12.7% 592,840 (±0.4% / ±19,218.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,689,828 (±0.2% / ±63,097.7)

Social

88.4% ±1.9% (619,740  ±13,111.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 89.6% 3,083,220 (±0.8% / ±27,313.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84% 22,636,359 (±0.3% / ±78,234.5)
59.2% ±1.4% (415,124  ±9,952.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 51.4% 1,768,174 (±0.6% / ±19,525.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 35% 9,428,484 (±0.2% / ±44,753.9)

42.3% ±1.2% (356,186  ±10,347.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 41.3% 1,852,156 (±0.5% / ±22,795)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 44.5% 16,517,804 (±0.2% / ±76,842.9)

33.7% ±1.1% (296,969  ±9,947) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 30.9% 1,464,048 (±0.5% / ±22,110)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 26.7% 10,564,220 (±0.1% / ±55,357)

2.7% ±0.3% (20,731  ±2,218) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 3.7% 142,447 (±0.2% / ±6,012)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.8% 1,471,467 (±0.1% / ±19,838)
20,731 Total veterans ±2,218 19,524 Male ±2,093 1,207 Female ±593

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