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San Francisco neighborhoods, side by side
Each of our 28 San Francisco neighborhood guides in one table: its single-family homes, their median lot (and age and size, where the records publish them), and how many sit in FEMA flood, CAL FIRE fire and state earthquake zones, counted parcel by parcel from public records.
- neighborhoods28Boyenga Team guides
- homes counted77,142single-family houses
- median lot range1,570to 5,700 sq ft
- in a liquefaction zone1,7942% of homes counted
side by side
Every San Francisco neighborhood, side by side
One row per neighborhood guide. Select a column heading to sort; each name opens its guide.
| Bernal Heights | 4,909houses | 1,7500.04 acre | 1923 | 1,300sq ft | 0 | 541% | 912% | 0 |
| Castro & Eureka Valley | 1,445houses | 2,5000.06 acre | 1908 | 1,686sq ft | 0 | 514% | 352% | 0 |
| Cow Hollow | 475houses | 2,8100.06 acre | 1912 | 2,700sq ft | 0 | 12526% | 0 | 0 |
| Diamond Heights | 469houses | 3,4100.08 acre | 1965 | 2,020sq ft | 0 | 4710% | 6714% | 0 |
| Excelsior & Outer Mission | 11,584houses | 2,5000.06 acre | 1927 | 1,306sq ft | 0 | 70under 1% | 45under 1% | 0 |
| Forest Hill & Forest Hills Extension | 1,279houses | 3,8600.09 acre | 1929 | 2,120sq ft | 0 | 0 | 685% | 0 |
| Glen Park | 2,162houses | 2,5000.06 acre | 1929 | 1,425sq ft | 0 | 231% | 1185% | 0 |
| Haight-Ashbury & Cole Valley | 1,126houses | 2,6500.06 acre | 1908 | 2,250sq ft | 0 | 3under 1% | 222% | 0 |
| Ingleside Terraces & Balboa Terrace | 970houses | 5,7000.13 acre | 1925 | 2,163sq ft | 0 | 14515% | 0 | 0 |
| Inner Richmond & Lone Mountain | 1,516houses | 3,0000.07 acre | 1914 | 2,060sq ft | 0 | 0 | 6under 1% | 0 |
| Inner Sunset & Golden Gate Heights | 3,354houses | 3,0000.07 acre | 1937 | 1,762sq ft | 0 | 0 | 1354% | 0 |
| Marina | 642houses | 2,7200.06 acre | 1927 | 2,386sq ft | 0 | 59893% | 0 | 0 |
| Miraloma Park & Sunnyside | 4,986houses | 2,8100.06 acre | 1936 | 1,401sq ft | 0 | 0 | 3657% | 0 |
| Mission Dolores & Dolores Heights | 641houses | 2,8500.07 acre | 1909 | 1,854sq ft | 0 | 599% | 0 | 0 |
| Noe Valley | 2,821houses | 2,8500.07 acre | 1908 | 1,708sq ft | 0 | 3under 1% | 10under 1% | 0 |
| Oceanview, Merced Heights & Ingleside | 5,675houses | 2,5000.06 acre | 1940 | 1,225sq ft | 0 | 0 | 17under 1% | 0 |
| Outer & Central Richmond | 4,976houses | 3,0000.07 acre | 1923 | 1,756sq ft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Outer & Central Sunset | 8,273houses | 3,0000.07 acre | 1939 | 1,494sq ft | 0 | 4125% | 0 | 0 |
| Pacific Heights | 1,037houses | 3,4400.08 acre | 1906 | 3,808sq ft | 0 | 172% | 0 | 0 |
| Parkside | 11,353houses | 3,0000.07 acre | 1941 | 1,425sq ft | 0 | 1521% | 15under 1% | 0 |
| Potrero Hill & Dogpatch | 1,229houses | 2,5000.06 acre | 1912 | 1,436sq ft | 0 | 131% | 333% | 0 |
| Presidio Heights & Laurel Heights | 910houses | 3,7700.09 acre | 1913 | 3,482sq ft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russian Hill | 324houses | 2,5400.06 acre | 1916 | 2,420sq ft | 0 | 52% | 52% | 0 |
| Sea Cliff & Lake District | 1,231houses | 3,0000.07 acre | 1914 | 2,750sq ft | 0 | 5under 1% | 272% | 0 |
| St. Francis Wood & Monterey Heights | 925houses | 5,0000.11 acre | 1927 | 2,684sq ft | 0 | 0 | 516% | 0 |
| Telegraph Hill & North Beach | 125houses | 1,5700.04 acre | 1907 | 1,761sq ft | 0 | 1210% | 97% | 0 |
| Twin Peaks & Midtown Terrace | 1,872houses | 3,3000.08 acre | 1957 | 1,436sq ft | 0 | 0 | 29816% | 0 |
| West Portal | 833houses | 3,3000.08 acre | 1925 | 1,926sq ft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Homes = single-family houses where the records identify them, otherwise lots zoned or coded single-family (marked “lots”). Percentages are shares of the homes counted in that neighborhood. Year built and house size are medians, shown only where the records publish them for at least 80% of the homes (— otherwise). There’s no flood column for San Francisco: FEMA maps no house here in a high-risk zone (see below).
what stands out
What stands out
- Lot sizesMedian lots run from 1,570 sq ft in Telegraph Hill & North Beach to 5,700 sq ft (0.13 acre) in Ingleside Terraces & Balboa Terrace.
- Year builtWhere the records publish it, the median year built runs from 1906 in Pacific Heights to 1965 in Diamond Heights.
- Flood zones (FEMA)Left blank: FEMA maps no San Francisco house in a high-risk flood zone, and the city’s own storm flood risk map covers different areas.
- Fire zones (CAL FIRE)None of the homes counted has part of its lot in a fire hazard severity zone.
- Liquefaction zones18 of the 28 neighborhoods have homes in a liquefaction zone; the highest share is in Marina (598 of 642, 93%), followed by Cow Hollow (26%).
- Landslide zones19 of the 28 neighborhoods have homes in an earthquake-induced landslide zone; the highest share is in Twin Peaks & Midtown Terrace (298 of 1,872, 16%), followed by Diamond Heights (14%).
- Fault zones (Alquist-Priolo)No counted home is in an Alquist-Priolo fault zone.
prices
What homes are selling for
Prices move every week, so they live on pages that read the MLS each time they load.
- Neighborhood RankingEach San Francisco neighborhood ranked by median price per square foot from the last 180 days of sales.
- Price per Sq Ft MapEvery recent San Francisco sale plotted where it happened, shaded by price per square foot.
the method
How we counted
- Neighborhoods
- Our San Francisco neighborhood guides, using the outline drawn for each guide (approximate; neighboring outlines can overlap). Guides with fewer than 20 counted homes are left out.
- Homes
- Single-family houses where the records identify them, otherwise lots zoned or coded single-family. Condos and townhomes are not counted. These are the same homes as on our Flood & Fire, Lot Size and Earthquake Zones pages.
- Lot size
- The median parcel lot area: the parcel record’s lot area where the source publishes one, otherwise the area of the mapped parcel outline. Approximate; confirm a parcel’s size with the county assessor or a title report.
- Flood
- FEMA high-risk flood zones (A, AE, AH or AO) at each parcel’s center, on FEMA’s flood maps as of October 2026.
- Fire
- Any part of the lot inside a CAL FIRE fire hazard severity zone (Moderate, High or Very High), counted once in its highest zone, on CAL FIRE’s current maps as of October 2026.
- Earthquake zones
- The California Geological Survey’s liquefaction, earthquake-induced landslide and Alquist-Priolo fault zones as published in October 2026, judged at each parcel’s center.
- Source for San Francisco
- San Francisco Assessor-Recorder secured roll.
questions
Questions we hear
Which San Francisco neighborhood has the biggest lots?
Among our 28 San Francisco neighborhood guides, Ingleside Terraces & Balboa Terrace has the largest median lot, about 5,700 square feet (0.13 acre), and Telegraph Hill & North Beach the smallest, about 1,570 square feet. Lot sizes come from public parcel records as of October 2026.
Do any San Francisco neighborhoods have homes in a flood zone?
FEMA maps no San Francisco house in a high-risk flood zone; its mapped zones run along the shoreline. The city also publishes its own 100-year storm flood risk map, which covers different areas.
Are any San Francisco homes in an earthquake fault zone?
None of the 77,142 homes counted in our San Francisco guides is in an Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone. Strong shaking can still reach any home in the region.
Where can I see home prices by neighborhood?
Our Neighborhood Ranking page ranks each San Francisco guide by median price per square foot from the last 180 days of sales, live from the MLS, and the Price per Sq Ft Map plots each sale where it happened.
more to learn
Keep going
- San Francisco homes and neighborhoodsHomes for sale and the full list of our San Francisco neighborhood guides.
- Lot Size by NeighborhoodThe same lot sizes next to every other city’s neighborhoods.
- Flood & Fire ZonesFlood and fire zone counts with zone-by-zone detail.
- Earthquake ZonesLiquefaction, landslide and fault zone counts for 415 neighborhoods.
- Outside Mapped Hazard ZonesThe neighborhoods where no counted home sits in a flood, fire or earthquake zone.
- One-Story HomesThe share of one-story houses in each San Francisco neighborhood where the records list stories.
- Year Built by NeighborhoodHow old the homes are in each San Francisco neighborhood where the records publish it.
- Earthquake Retrofit GrantsState grants to brace and bolt an older house on a raised foundation.
- Neighborhood RankingEach San Francisco neighborhood ranked by price per square foot, live from the MLS.
- Property Nerds Data LibraryThe datasets behind these numbers (PN-DS-27 to PN-DS-29) as CSV downloads.
Counts from public parcel records and FEMA, CAL FIRE and California Geological Survey maps as published in October 2026. Neighborhood outlines are our own and approximate. Not a substitute for a property-specific report or the disclosures in a sale.
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