Blog > San Francisco Neighborhoods Ranked by Price per Square Foot (2026)
San Francisco has 28 neighborhood guides on our site. To see how they compare on price, we took the 2,662 San Francisco houses, condos and townhomes that sold in the 180 days to October 27, 2026, placed the 2,464 with a map position and a living area on the map, and found the median price per square foot inside each guide’s outline. 1,513 of those sales landed inside at least one guide. Across the city, the median was $1,165 per square foot for all homes and $1,192 for houses.
The short answer
- Highest median price per square foot (guides with at least 10 sales): Sea Cliff & Lake District ($1,661, 29 sales), Marina ($1,638, 38 sales) and Cow Hollow ($1,626, 31 sales).
- Lowest: Oceanview, Merced Heights & Ingleside ($904, 72 sales) and Diamond Heights ($850, 24 sales).
- All 28 guides had 5 or more sales in the window, enough to rank here.
- Top to bottom, the highest-ranked guide sold for 2 times as much per square foot as the lowest-ranked one.
Next steps in San Francisco
- What’s my San Francisco home worth? Request an estimate, and ask us for the recent sales on your street.
- See San Francisco homes for sale, then use Save Search to get new listings by email.
- Book a strategy call with a Property Nerd.
All homes, ranked
Guides with at least 5 sales, highest median price per square foot first. Each name opens its guide, with live listings, the last 12 months of sales and our notes on the streets and houses.
| # | Neighborhood | Sales | Median $/sq ft | Median price | Median size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sea Cliff & Lake District | 29 | $1,661 | $4.5M | 2,462 sq ft |
| 2 | Marina | 38 | $1,638 | $3.12M | 1,704 sq ft |
| 3 | Cow Hollow | 31 | $1,626 | $2.6M | 1,560 sq ft |
| 4 | Noe Valley | 102 | $1,555 | $2.61M | 1,686 sq ft |
| 5 | Presidio Heights & Laurel Heights | 18 | $1,461 | $2.74M | 1,910 sq ft |
| 6 | Pacific Heights | 103 | $1,380 | $2.1M | 1,722 sq ft |
| 7 | Russian Hill | 50 | $1,376 | $1.66M | 1,230 sq ft |
| 8 | Castro & Eureka Valley | 79 | $1,348 | $1.95M | 1,448 sq ft |
| 9 | Inner Sunset & Golden Gate Heights | 38 | $1,338 | $2.2M | 1,611 sq ft |
| 10 | Forest Hill & Forest Hills Extension | 16 | $1,323 | $2.96M | 2,416 sq ft |
| 11 | Inner Richmond & Lone Mountain | 52 | $1,320 | $2.1M | 1,631 sq ft |
| 12 | Haight-Ashbury & Cole Valley | 54 | $1,305 | $2.04M | 1,354 sq ft |
| 13 | Glen Park | 47 | $1,301 | $2.4M | 1,739 sq ft |
| 14 | Miraloma Park & Sunnyside | 66 | $1,293 | $1.95M | 1,534 sq ft |
| 15 | Mission Dolores & Dolores Heights | 59 | $1,268 | $1.8M | 1,331 sq ft |
| 16 | Bernal Heights | 79 | $1,231 | $1.91M | 1,526 sq ft |
| 17 | St. Francis Wood & Monterey Heights | 19 | $1,221 | $3.6M | 2,840 sq ft |
| 18 | Outer & Central Sunset | 80 | $1,204 | $2.05M | 1,776 sq ft |
| 19 | Parkside | 103 | $1,201 | $1.95M | 1,600 sq ft |
| 20 | West Portal | 12 | $1,183 | $3.04M | 2,199 sq ft |
| 21 | Potrero Hill & Dogpatch | 87 | $1,169 | $1.4M | 1,244 sq ft |
| 22 | Outer & Central Richmond | 106 | $1,166 | $2.04M | 1,900 sq ft |
| 23 | Twin Peaks & Midtown Terrace | 20 | $1,161 | $1.88M | 1,633 sq ft |
| 24 | Ingleside Terraces & Balboa Terrace | 10 | $1,094 | $2.69M | 2,525 sq ft |
| 25 | Telegraph Hill & North Beach | 35 | $1,077 | $1.35M | 1,270 sq ft |
| 26 | Excelsior & Outer Mission | 84 | $907 | $1.22M | 1,452 sq ft |
| 27 | Oceanview, Merced Heights & Ingleside | 72 | $904 | $1.22M | 1,252 sq ft |
| 28 | Diamond Heights | 24 | $850 | $652K | 712 sq ft |
Houses only
Townhomes and condos often sell for a different price per foot than houses a block away, so here are the guides with at least 5 house sales, ranked on houses alone.
Reading it right
- A ranking summarizes recent sales; it isn’t a verdict on a neighborhood. Price per square foot moves with home size, age, lot, condition and the mix of homes that happened to sell, and a higher number says nothing about which neighborhood is right for you.
- Each sale counts once. No sale here falls inside two of our guide outlines.
- Small samples swing. Each row shows its sale count; a guide with 6 sales can move a lot when one more home closes.
- Bigger homes often sell for less per foot, so compare guides with similar homes, or use the houses-only table.
Go deeper
The live Neighborhood Ranking recalculates these numbers from the MLS whenever you open it, with a shaded map and a budget finder. The Price per Sq Ft Map plots every sale, and the San Francisco city guide links all 28 guides. Condos and townhomes have their own post: San Francisco condo and townhome prices.
The San Francisco data series: where homes sell over asking · condos and townhomes · house prices by bedrooms · houses under $1.5M · houses at $3.5M and up · the best month to sell · the most expensive streets · houses by neighborhood · the most expensive streets from San Francisco to San Jose
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