Housing in Outer Richmond at a glance
- Population
- about 43,009
- Housing units
- about 20,894
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $1,582,000San Francisco: $1,394,500 (+11%)
- Median gross rent
- $2,380 a monthSan Francisco: $2,476 (-4%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 42.3%San Francisco: 38.2%
- Homes built before 1980
- 86%
- Median year built
- 1939 or earlier
Outer Richmond stands north-west of San Francisco's centre with a median value of $1,582,000, third of ten and 11% up on the city. Owners form 42.3% of households, exceeding the citywide share by 4.1 points, yet far below West of Twin Peaks (80.2%) and Sunset/Parkside (65.3%) next door, so renters, at 10,991 households, outnumber the 8,051 owner households. Rent is more restrained than values suggest, $2,380, 4% beneath the city figure and sixth of ten, while Inner Sunset reaches $2,960. The housing is old, with 86% of it predating 1980, fifth of ten, and a median vintage of 1939 or earlier, a vintage it shares with West of Twin Peaks. In all, 43,009 residents live among 20,894 housing units, a smaller population than Sunset/Parkside's 75,108. Its rent undercuts Sunset/Parkside's $2,770 too, and West of Twin Peaks' $3,360.
Questions about Outer Richmond
What is the median home value in Outer Richmond, San Francisco?
$1,582,000 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 Outer Richmond?
$2,380 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 Outer Richmond own or rent?
Most rent: 42.3% 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.
Outer Richmond is one of the 10 most populous of 41 analysis neighborhoods of San Francisco: estimated population about 43,009 (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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- AppraiserOpen spot
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