San Francisco, CA

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Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How San Francisco ranks

• #3 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 85.9
• #6 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 83.0
• #6 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 85.7
• #21 Best Cities for Arts & Culture of 22 cities · score 6.1
• #22 Most Bike-Friendly Cities of 22 cities · score 0.0
• #22 Best College Cities of 22 cities · score 1.2
• #22 Most Family-Friendly Cities of 22 cities · score 0.0
• #22 Best Cities for Food Lovers of 22 cities · score 2.4
• #22 Greenest Cities of 22 cities · score 0.0
• #22 Best Cities for Healthcare Access of 22 cities · score 0.0
• #22 Best Cities for Nightlife of 22 cities · score 2.4
• #22 Most Walkable Cities of 22 cities · score 0.0
• #35 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 68.5
• #41 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 48.7
• #45 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 53.2
• #84 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 12.6
• #96 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 28.1

Things to do in San Francisco

Places mapped within 5 km of the city center. Use the layers control to show or hide categories.

• Parks 7

  Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Farallon Islands State Game Refuge, Farallon Wilderness Area…

• Attractions 1

  Great West Arch…

Local facts

Median household income

$141,446

Median rent

$2,419 / mo

Median home value

$1,380,500

Median age

39.7

Unemployment

5.6%

Bachelor's degree or higher

60.1%

Poverty rate

10.6%

Renter-occupied homes

61.5%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

130

Students enrolled

56,209

Students per teacher

21.9 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

50.7%

Charter schools

10.0%

School districts serving the city

16

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Districts: San Francisco Unified, San Francisco County Office Of Education, San Francisco County Rop, Kipp Bayview Elementary District, Kipp San Francisco Bay Academy District

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

17.5%

No leisure-time physical activity

19.0%

Adults with diabetes

9.6%

Adults who smoke

9.1%

Frequent mental distress

14.6%

Sleeping under 7 hours

32.8%

Adults without health insurance

6.5%

Routine checkup in past year

71.7%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

99.9%

Share of city that is parkland

21.4%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

1.0

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

92.3%

Households with no internet

5.2%

Average commute

31.2 min

Work from home

27.5%

Commute by transit

21.4%

Commute on foot

10.0%

Commute by bike

3.3%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates San Francisco County as very high overall for natural hazard risk, with 6 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Earthquake: very high
• Riverine flooding: relatively high
• Landslide: relatively high
• Heat wave: relatively moderate

ZIP codes

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