Housing in Financial District/South Beach at a glance
- Population
- about 24,482
- Housing units
- about 17,530
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $1,349,000San Francisco: $1,394,500 (-5%)
- Median gross rent
- $3,290 a monthSan Francisco: $2,476 (+33%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 30.5%San Francisco: 38.2%
- Homes built before 1980
- 21.9%
- Median year built
- 2002
The newest housing in San Francisco's ten sectors belongs to Financial District/South Beach, where only 21.9% of homes predate 1980, the smallest share, and the median home went up in 2002. Rent reflects it, at a median $3,290, second from the top and 33% above the city overall. Values are closer to the citywide level, with $1,349,000 landing 5% beneath it, almost the same as Mission's $1,341,000, whereas Tenderloin, right beside it, stands at $617,000 and South of Market at $939,000. The sector lies north-east of the centre, with 24,482 people sharing 17,530 housing units. Owners hold 30.5% of households, which trails the city by 7.7 points. South of Market, whose median year is 2003, is its only close match for age, and Mission is much older. Mission's renters pay $2,520, well below the $3,290 paid by renters here in this sector.
Questions about Financial District/South Beach
What is the median home value in Financial District/South Beach, San Francisco?
$1,349,000 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 Financial District/South Beach?
$3,290 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 Financial District/South Beach own or rent?
Most rent: 30.5% 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 10 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.
Financial District/South Beach is one of the 10 most populous of 41 analysis neighborhoods of San Francisco: estimated population about 24,482 (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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