Housing in Bayview Hunters Point at a glance
- Population
- about 37,735
- Housing units
- about 13,104
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $1,048,000San Francisco: $1,394,500 (-26%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,410 a monthSan Francisco: $2,476 (-43%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 51.7%San Francisco: 38.2%
- Homes built before 1980
- 57%
- Median year built
- 1971
A high owner share and low rents go together in Bayview Hunters Point. Owners hold 51.7% of households, fourth among San Francisco's ten sectors and a margin of 13.5 points over the city, while renters pay a median $1,410, 43% under the city level and ninth of ten. Excelsior pays $2,290 and South of Market $2,120. Mission, by contrast, has only 28.5% owners. The sector lies south-east of the centre, with a median value of $1,048,000 that sits 26% below the overall figure; Mission is well ahead at $1,341,000 and South of Market behind at $939,000. The housing is among the newer in the city, since 57% of homes predate 1980, eighth of ten, and the middle home dates from 1971, well after Excelsior's 1946. The area has 37,735 people in 13,104 housing units. Excelsior, by comparison, has 65% owners.
Questions about Bayview Hunters Point
What is the median home value in Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco?
$1,048,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $1,394,500 for San Francisco as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Bayview Hunters Point?
$1,410 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $2,476 in San Francisco (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Bayview Hunters Point own or rent?
Most own: 51.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 38.2% in San Francisco (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 11 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Bayview Hunters Point is one of the 10 most populous of 41 analysis neighborhoods of San Francisco: estimated population about 37,735 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from DataSF, Analysis Neighborhoods (City and County of San Francisco), consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for San Francisco as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
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