Housing in Sunset/Parkside at a glance
- Population
- about 75,108
- Housing units
- about 28,989
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $1,492,000San Francisco: $1,394,500 (+5%)
- Median gross rent
- $2,770 a monthSan Francisco: $2,476 (+12%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 65.3%San Francisco: 38.2%
- Homes built before 1980
- 94.6%
- Median year built
- 1944
Sunset/Parkside has the oldest housing mix among San Francisco's ten sectors, judged by the share of homes predating 1980: 94.6%, the top of the range, with construction at the median in 1944. Owners lead at 65.3%, second of ten and exceeding San Francisco overall by 27.1 points. The sector lies west of the centre and holds 75,108 residents, the largest population among its neighbours. Its $1,492,000 median value is 5% over the city figure and fourth from the top, and rent, $2,770, is 12% higher. Inner Sunset, Outer Richmond and West of Twin Peaks all cost more to buy, at $1,719,000, $1,582,000 and $1,807,000, so Sunset/Parkside sits at the lower end of its western group. Its 17,701 owner households far exceed the 9,408 renter households within 28,989 units. Rent at Inner Sunset is $2,960 and at Outer Richmond $2,380.
Questions about Sunset/Parkside
What is the median home value in Sunset/Parkside, San Francisco?
$1,492,000 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 Sunset/Parkside?
$2,770 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 Sunset/Parkside own or rent?
Most own: 65.3% 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 16 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.
Sunset/Parkside is one of the 10 most populous of 41 analysis neighborhoods of San Francisco: estimated population about 75,108 (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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- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
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