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San Francisco, CA

883,305 Population
46.9 square miles 18,848.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$71,606 ±$2,014 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: $56,393 ±$557
  • nearly double the amount in California: $37,124 ±$161
$112,376 ±$4,192 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: $107,898 ±$1,779
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $75,277 ±$317

10% ±0.9% (87,087  ±7,422) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 8.3% 388,670 (±0.4% / ±16,854)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 12.8% 4,969,326 (±0.2% / ±62,249)

33 minutes ±0.6 (16,230,165  ±408,100) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 34.7 78,210,290 (±0.3 / ±832,877)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 30.2 525,695,390 (±0.1 / ±2,353,182)

Families

362,827 ±5,010 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 1,698,978 ±9,549
  • California: 13,072,122 ±21,485
2.4 ±0 (862,693  ±3,904) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 2.7 4,650,703 (±0 / ±4,593)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 3 38,731,195

3.4% ±0.7% (8,087  ±1,621) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 4.4% 51,204 (±0.3% / ±3,616)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.7% 454,027 (±0.1% / ±11,738)

Housing

401,478 ±1,638 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 1,825,205 ±1,869
  • California: 14,277,867 ±1,010

$1,195,700 ±$21,459 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: $910,300 ±$7,054
  • more than double the amount in California: $546,800 ±$2,008

14.7% ±0.9% (128,539  ±8,120.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 13% 608,010 (±0.4% / ±20,153.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 12.5% 4,882,022 (±0.1% / ±55,698.9)

Social

89.6% ±1.8% (629,184  ±12,466.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 90.1% 3,091,444 (±0.8% / ±26,760.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 83.8% 22,460,627 (±0.3% / ±72,265.5)
59.8% ±1.4% (420,330  ±9,787.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 51% 1,750,591 (±0.5% / ±18,392)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 34.2% 9,171,076 (±0.2% / ±45,281.7)

41.1% ±1.1% (346,437  ±9,196.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 41.4% 1,851,242 (±0.4% / ±17,369.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 44.6% 16,554,135 (±0.2% / ±55,548.1)

33.4% ±1% (295,350  ±9,208) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 30.5% 1,443,230 (±0.4% / ±20,706)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 26.9% 10,625,980 (±0.1% / ±51,558)

3.2% ±0.4% (24,580  ±2,940) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 4% 152,312 (±0.2% / ±6,321)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 5.1% 1,538,797 (±0.1% / ±17,814)
24,580 Total veterans ±2,940 22,853 Male ±3,034 1,727 Female ±673

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