Housing in Inner Sunset at a glance
- Population
- about 27,144
- Housing units
- about 13,145
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $1,719,000San Francisco: $1,394,500 (+21%)
- Median gross rent
- $2,960 a monthSan Francisco: $2,476 (+19%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 40.7%San Francisco: 38.2%
- Homes built before 1980
- 91.8%
- Median year built
- 1944
Inner Sunset sits west of San Francisco's centre and carries one of the highest price levels in the city: a median value of $1,719,000, second among the ten and 21% over the city figure. Only West of Twin Peaks, at $1,807,000, ranks higher, while Outer Richmond ($1,582,000) and Sunset/Parkside ($1,492,000) fall below. Unlike Sunset/Parkside, where 65.3% of households own, Inner Sunset has 4,892 owner households against 7,131 renter households, or 40.7% owners, only 2.5 points over San Francisco as a whole. Housing is old: 91.8% predates 1980, again second among the ten, and construction at the median finished in 1944, the same year as in Sunset/Parkside. Rent reaches $2,960, third from the top and 19% over the city. The sector has 27,144 residents. Outer Richmond, with 42.3% owners, looks much more like it on tenure overall, at least, than Sunset/Parkside does.
Questions about Inner Sunset
What is the median home value in Inner Sunset, San Francisco?
$1,719,000 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 Inner Sunset?
$2,960 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 Inner Sunset own or rent?
Most rent: 40.7% 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 6 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.
Inner Sunset is one of the 10 most populous of 41 analysis neighborhoods of San Francisco: estimated population about 27,144 (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 Inner Sunset. 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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