Housing in Mission at a glance
- Population
- about 55,114
- Housing units
- about 27,771
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $1,341,000San Francisco: $1,394,500 (-6%)
- Median gross rent
- $2,520 a monthSan Francisco: $2,476 (+2%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 28.5%San Francisco: 38.2%
- Homes built before 1980
- 74.3%
- Median year built
- 1939 or earlier
Mission lies east of San Francisco's centre, and its median home dates from 1939 or earlier, though its 74.3% of housing predating 1980 ranks only seventh of ten. Rent is the one measure beating the city's level: $2,520, 2% higher and fifth from the top, while a median value of $1,341,000 lands 6% below. Renters number 16,948 households against 6,750 owner households, so owners hold just 28.5%, eighth of ten and 9.7 points under San Francisco overall. With 55,114 residents it is the most populous of its nearby sectors. Those neighbours split sharply: Tenderloin sits at $617,000 on value, Financial District/South Beach at $1,349,000, almost level with Mission itself, and South of Market at $939,000. The sector contains 27,771 housing units. Rents are lower in Tenderloin ($1,250) and South of Market ($2,120), but higher in Financial District/South Beach ($3,290).
Questions about Mission
What is the median home value in Mission, San Francisco?
$1,341,000 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 Mission?
$2,520 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 Mission own or rent?
Most rent: 28.5% 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 17 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.
Mission is one of the 10 most populous of 41 analysis neighborhoods of San Francisco: estimated population about 55,114 (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 Mission. 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
Work in one of these trades in Mission? Ask for your spot.