Housing in Excelsior at a glance
- Population
- about 37,085
- Housing units
- about 11,730
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $1,182,000San Francisco: $1,394,500 (-17%)
- Median gross rent
- $2,290 a monthSan Francisco: $2,476 (-8%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 65%San Francisco: 38.2%
- Homes built before 1980
- 88.3%
- Median year built
- 1946
Old homes and owners define Excelsior, a sector south of San Francisco's centre. Among its households 65% own, third among the ten and 26.8 points higher than San Francisco overall, with 7,241 owner households next to only 3,907 renters. Fully 88.3% of its homes were already standing by 1980, fourth of ten, and the middle home goes back to 1946. Excelsior sits in the middle of its surroundings on price: its $1,182,000 median is 17% under the city, yet well above Bayview Hunters Point ($1,048,000) and far below West of Twin Peaks ($1,807,000), while Mission, at $1,341,000, comes closer to the city level. Excelsior renters pay $2,290, 8% less than the city and seventh of ten, compared with $1,410 in Bayview Hunters Point and $2,520 in Mission. The sector counts 37,085 residents in 11,730 units, and West of Twin Peaks has 80.2% owners.
Questions about Excelsior
What is the median home value in Excelsior, San Francisco?
$1,182,000 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 Excelsior?
$2,290 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 Excelsior own or rent?
Most own: 65% 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 8 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.
Excelsior is one of the 10 most populous of 41 analysis neighborhoods of San Francisco: estimated population about 37,085 (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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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Excelsior. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
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