Census Reporter

San Francisco, CA

874,784 Population
46.9 square miles 18,646.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$72,041 ±$986 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $57,778 ±$313
  • nearly double the amount in California: $38,576 ±$120
$119,136 ±$2,130 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $110,837 ±$791
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $78,672 ±$270

10.1% ±0.4% (87,125  ±3,483) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 8.5% 396,651 (±0.2% / ±8,392)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 12.6% 4,853,434 (±0.1% / ±39,919)

33.3 minutes ±0.2 (14,965,800  ±166,979) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 34.1 72,423,090 (±0.1 / ±391,684)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.8 498,276,585 (±0.1 / ±1,174,085)

Families

362,141 ±1,924 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 1,701,865 ±3,726
  • California: 13,103,114 ±18,542
2.4 ±0 (854,615  ±1,770) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 2.7 4,630,241 (±0 / ±2,370)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,521,288

3.5% ±0.3% (8,262  ±757) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 4.5% 51,934 (±0.1% / ±1,579)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.8% 463,780 (±0.1% / ±5,839)

Housing

398,613 ±722 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 1,810,522 ±953
  • California: 14,210,945 ±1,339

$1,152,300 ±$11,342 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $888,500 ±$3,185
  • more than double the amount in California: $538,500 ±$1,127

14.7% ±0.4% (126,932  ±3,757) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 12.8% 596,091 (±0.2% / ±8,513.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 12.4% 4,842,940 (±0.1% / ±30,091.1)

Social

88.6% ±0.8% (616,833  ±5,733.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 3,060,122 (±0.4% / ±13,424)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 83.9% 22,378,605 (±0.2% / ±40,789.5)
58.8% ±0.6% (409,341  ±4,447.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 50.7% 1,731,798 (±0.3% / ±9,199.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 34.7% 9,256,873 (±0.1% / ±25,121.8)

42.3% ±1.2% (356,186  ±10,347.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 1-year data
  • 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)

34.2% ±0.5% (299,510  ±3,996) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 30.7% 1,443,907 (±0.2% / ±10,603)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 26.6% 10,463,818 (±0.1% / ±35,653)

2.9% ±0.1% (22,047  ±1,056) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 3.9% 147,578 (±0.1% / ±2,681)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 5% 1,525,746 (±0% / ±9,062)
22,047 Total veterans ±1,056 19,959 Male ±1,004 2,088 Female ±381

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