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San Francisco County

California · 826,079 residents (2025 est.) · 46.7 sq mi
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San Francisco County is a county of 830,235 people in California. The typical home is worth $1,394,500, having roughly tripled since 2000. This is an unusually credentialed place: 60% of adults have a four-year degree. Owners hold 38% of the housing stock. 34% of locals were born outside the United States. That puts it in the top 1% of US counties for household income.

At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $140,970, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.0
US median: 38.9
More educated
60% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 81%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place

What stands out about San Francisco County

What changed most since 1990

  • Median household income (2024 dollars)$80,196 → $140,970 (+76%)US over the same years: +14%
  • Adults with a bachelor's degree35.0% → 60.3% (+25.3 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
  • White share46.8% → 36.8% (−10.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts

Among the 58 counties in California

  • 4th in household income$140,970
  • 2nd in share with a bachelor's degree60.3%
  • 4th in home value$1,394,500
  • 6th in diversity score88.6
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
830,235
+7%since 2000
from 776,733 in 2000
826,079 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
17,778 / sq mi
+7%since 2000
from 16,632 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
40.0
+10%since 2000
from 36.5 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
46.7 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
709K754K799K845K890K19902000201020202024San Francisco County
2024830K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 54.1%(34,146)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 93.6%(29,675)
US avg: 6%
10 to 143.8%(31,624)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 193.9%(32,040)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 244.9%(40,992)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3420.6%(170,861)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4416.4%(135,980)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5413.1%(108,850)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6412%(99,557)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 749.9%(82,379)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 845.1%(42,725)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over2.6%(21,406)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$140,970
+40%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $55,221 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$92,289
+167%since 2000
from $34,556 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
69.3%
+22.0 ptssince 2009
from 47.2% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
11.2%
−0.2 ptssince 2000
from 11.3% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.522
+3%since 2010
from 0.507 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Other services8.6%
US avg: 6.7%
Information7.8%
US avg: 10.8%
Public administration6.2%
US avg: 4.8%
Arts, entertainment, food6%
US avg: 1.9%
Retail trade5.1%
US avg: 9.9%
Finance & insurance4.6%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical3.9%
US avg: 5.1%
Wholesale trade3.3%
US avg: 6.9%
Transportation & warehousing1.5%
US avg: 2.2%
Education & health services0.6%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.3%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.2%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$1,394,500
+81%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $422,700 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$2,476
+46%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $928 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
38.2%
+3.2 ptssince 2000
from 35.0% in 2000
61.8% rent
Vacancy rate
12.2%
+2.7 ptssince 2009
from 9.5% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.21 people
−8%since 2009
from 2.41 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
29.1%
−10.6 ptssince 2009
from 39.7% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
37.8%
−3.8 ptssince 2009
from 41.6% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
9.9
−11%since 2009
from 11.2 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
82
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic43.6%(338,909)
Black7.6%(58,791)
Hispanic / Latino14.1%(109,504)
Asian30.7%(238,173)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic36.8%(305,647)
Black4.7%(38,925)
Hispanic / Latino16.2%(134,659)
Asian34.9%(290,030)
Other7.3%(60,974)
Diversity Score
89
+5%since 2009
from 85 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
34
−1%since 2020
from 35 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican7.9%(65,825)
Central American4.3%(35,592)
Salvadoran1.9%(15,940)
South American1.6%(12,985)
Guatemalan1%(7,973)
Nicaraguan0.8%(6,728)
Puerto Rican0.7%(5,793)
Peruvian0.5%(4,323)
Spaniard0.4%(3,682)
Honduran0.4%(3,214)
Colombian0.4%(3,012)
Cuban0.3%(2,114)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Venezuelan0.2%(1,509)
Argentine0.2%(1,384)
Chilean0.1%(993)
Costa Rican0.1%(956)
Ecuadorian0.1%(700)
Panamanian0.1%(655)
Bolivian0.1%(437)
Dominican0.1%(424)
Uruguayan0%(340)
Paraguayan0%(199)
Asian origin
Chinese20.6%(170,750)
Filipino4.2%(34,680)
Asian Indian3%(24,900)
Vietnamese1.7%(13,915)
Korean1.5%(12,159)
Japanese1%(8,372)
Taiwanese0.5%(4,217)
Pakistani0.2%(1,847)
Thai0.2%(1,727)
Cambodian0.1%(1,090)
Nepalese0.1%(910)
Burmese0.1%(710)
+ 12 more asian origin groups with data
Laotian0.1%(692)
Indonesian0.1%(686)
Mongolian0.1%(621)
Hmong0.1%(444)
Sri Lankan0%(302)
Kazakh0%(293)
Malaysian0%(198)
Uzbek0%(78)
Okinawan0%(46)
Mien0%(11)
Pacific Islander origin
Native Hawaiian0.2%(2,005)
Samoan0.2%(1,664)
Chamorro0.1%(733)
Tongan0%(321)
Fijian0%(264)
Guamanian0%(81)
Ancestry
Irish7.6%(63,331)
German7.1%(59,361)
English6.4%(53,471)
Italian4.5%(37,241)
French2.1%(17,388)
American2%(16,837)
Polish1.8%(14,926)
Russian1.7%(14,254)
Scottish1.4%(11,462)
Swedish1%(8,146)
Arab1%(8,046)
+ 50 more ancestry groups with data
Norwegian0.8%(6,424)
Dutch0.7%(5,635)
Ukrainian0.7%(5,450)
British0.6%(4,974)
Greek0.5%(4,362)
Portuguese0.5%(4,107)
Iranian0.5%(3,905)
Scotch-Irish0.5%(3,866)
Welsh0.4%(3,459)
Hungarian0.4%(2,991)
Danish0.4%(2,983)
Swiss0.3%(2,629)
Lithuanian0.3%(2,572)
Austrian0.3%(2,182)
Czech0.2%(2,058)
Brazilian0.2%(2,046)
Croatian0.2%(2,033)
French Canadian0.2%(1,991)
Romanian0.2%(1,961)
Lebanese0.2%(1,790)
Armenian0.2%(1,789)
West Indian0.2%(1,765)
Canadian0.2%(1,721)
Turkish0.2%(1,682)
Ethiopian0.2%(1,560)
Belgian0.2%(1,531)
Finnish0.2%(1,492)
Australian0.2%(1,397)
Nigerian0.2%(1,342)
Egyptian0.1%(1,016)
Israeli0.1%(1,006)
Slovak0.1%(945)
Jamaican0.1%(858)
Slovene0.1%(757)
Serbian0.1%(675)
Palestinian0.1%(670)
Iraqi0.1%(638)
Moroccan0.1%(620)
Syrian0.1%(495)
Bulgarian0.1%(492)
Kenyan0.1%(452)
Latvian0%(412)
Haitian0%(407)
Ghanaian0%(249)
Guyanese0%(186)
Macedonian0%(185)
Jordanian0%(120)
Barbadian0%(33)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
60.3%
+15.4 ptssince 2000
from 45.0% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
89.0%
+7.8 ptssince 2000
from 81.2% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
25.4%
+9.0 ptssince 2000
from 16.4% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
30.4 min
+43%since 2000
from 21.3 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
28.6%
−10.3 ptssince 2009
from 38.9% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
5.9%
−1.9 ptssince 2009
from 7.9% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
18.7%
−13.7 ptssince 2009
from 32.4% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
31.0%
+24.3 ptssince 2009
from 6.7% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
9.4%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 9.6% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
3.3%
+0.7 ptssince 2009
from 2.6% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
30.2%
+0.8 ptssince 2009
from 29.4% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
6.1%
−1.4 ptssince 2011
from 7.5% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
69.6%
+0.7 ptssince 2011
from 68.9% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
82.6%
+0.9 ptssince 2020
from 81.7% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
12.9%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 13.0% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
63.6%
+12.9 ptssince 2009
from 50.7% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
51.3%
+0.5 ptssince 2009
from 50.8% in 2009
Female
48.7%
−0.5 ptssince 2009
from 49.2% in 2009
Foreign born
34.0%
−0.4 ptssince 2009
from 34.4% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
2.5%
−2.6 ptssince 2009
from 5.1% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
11.9%
+1.3 ptssince 2012
from 10.6% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
3.3%
−7.8 ptssince 2013
from 11.1% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
93.0%
+8.5 ptssince 2017
from 84.5% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
96.6%
+2.3 ptssince 2020
from 94.3% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
84.3%
−1.1 ptssince 2020
from 85.4% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
56.4%
+0.4 ptssince 2016
from 56.0% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
11.1%
+0.1 ptssince 2016
from 11.1% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married49%(184,692)
Married42.2%(159,299)
Widowed2%(7,641)
Divorced6.8%(25,601)
Women 15+
Never married41.8%(149,398)
Married41.7%(149,230)
Widowed7.4%(26,509)
Divorced9.1%(32,420)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
3.3%
−7.8 ptssince 2013
from 11.1% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
64.4%
−0.2 ptssince 2020
from 64.6% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
13.6%
−0.3 ptssince 2020
from 13.9% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
17.7%
+1.6 ptssince 2020
from 16.1% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
19.2%
+1.2 ptssince 2020
from 18.0% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
1.0%
Unchangedsince 2020
from 1.0% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
75.5%
−0.8 ptssince 2020
from 76.3% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
31.3%
+2.1 ptssince 2020
from 29.2% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)24.5%(4,423)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.8%(3,035)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era32.7%(5,895)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.5%(1,170)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.9%(171)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 18,046 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Over time

San Francisco County, decade by decade

San Francisco County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
YearPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueBachelor's degree+Diversity score
1990723,959$80,196$707,54035.0%83.7
2000776,733$100,594$770,01445.0%86.0
2010805,235$102,576$1,129,56651.2%86.0
2020873,965$144,397$1,396,63258.8%87.9
2024830,235$140,970$1,394,50060.3%88.6

Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in San Francisco County, California?

San Francisco County, California has about 830,235 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in San Francisco County, California?

The typical household in San Francisco County, California earns about $140,970 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is San Francisco County, California expensive?

In San Francisco County, California, the median home is worth about $1,394,500, and the typical rent is about $2,476 a month.

How educated are people in San Francisco County, California?

About 60.3% of adults age 25 and over in San Francisco County, California hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in San Francisco County, California?

About 11.2% of people in San Francisco County, California live below the federal poverty line.

Has San Francisco County, California grown since 1990?

Yes, San Francisco County, California has grown since 1990. The population has added about 106,276 residents, a change of about 15 percent over that period.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR + DECENNIAL CENSUS · UPDATED 2024

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