Welcome to the land of the 1%. Where you’ll find lawyers, and doctors, and business executives. And while they aren’t made of ticky-tacky, they are definitely made of money.
These are the wealthiest neighborhoods that San Francisco has to offer. Where houses go for over 10.0x the national median and household incomes are 3.37x the national median.
But where exactly in San Francisco do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Noe Valley where the median income is a cool $185,103.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in San Francisco out of 34 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In San Francisco For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in San Francisco for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Noe Valley looks to be the richest San Francisco neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $1,680,986. And that, my friend, is more 0s than most of us will see in our bank account for a long, long time — if we ever get that lucky.
Find where your neighborhood ranks amongst the richest in San Francisco.
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Table Of Contents: Table | Methodology
Richst Neighborhoods In San Francisco For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noe Valley | $185,103 |
| 2 | Potrero Hill | $180,007 |
| 3 | Marina | $174,122 |
| 4 | Pacific Heights | $172,749 |
| 5 | Presidio Heights | $169,878 |
| 6 | Glen Park | $169,820 |
| 7 | Russian Hill | $164,460 |
| 8 | Twin Peaks | $159,190 |
| 9 | West Of Twin Peaks | $153,714 |
| 10 | Diamond Heights | $151,943 |
| 11 | Haight-Ashbury | $143,447 |
| 12 | Bernal Heights | $143,080 |
| 13 | Mission | $142,907 |
| 14 | Inner Richmond | $142,263 |
| 15 | Seacliff | $134,269 |
| 16 | South Of Market | $131,546 |
| 17 | Inner Sunset | $130,238 |
| 18 | Castro-Upper Market | $127,427 |
| 19 | Outer Sunset | $121,072 |
| 20 | Parkside | $116,184 |
| 21 | Nob Hill | $111,424 |
| 22 | Outer Richmond | $111,188 |
| 23 | Financial District | $104,669 |
| 24 | Outer Mission | $103,917 |
| 25 | Lakeshore | $102,761 |
| 26 | Crocker Amazon | $92,029 |
| 27 | Bayview | $90,666 |
| 28 | Excelsior | $86,292 |
| 29 | Ocean View | $78,895 |
| 30 | Western Addition | $77,757 |
| 31 | Downtown | $76,499 |
| 32 | Visitacion Valley | $74,577 |
| 33 | North Beach | $49,026 |
| 34 | Chinatown | $37,799 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In San Francisco For 2024
Every city has its best neighborhoods — where everyone wants to live — and the worst neighborhoods — where no one wants to live. And then you have the wealthiest neighborhoods, where no one can afford to live.
And by no one, we mean you because there’s always someone richer than you.
How do you quantify richer than you? We looked at one simple criterion:
Which neighborhoods have the highest median income?
Using Saturday Night Science, we researched income data from the Census and BLS for every neighborhood in San Francisco.
We ranked every neighborhood in San Francisco by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Noe Valley, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in San Francisco.
The richest neighborhoods in San Francisco are Noe Valley, Potrero Hill, Marina, Pacific Heights, Presidio Heights, Glen Park, Russian Hill, Twin Peaks, West Of Twin Peaks, and Diamond Heights.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Chinatown.
The poorest neighborhoods in San Francisco are Chinatown, North Beach, Visitacion Valley, Downtown, and Western Addition.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in San Francisco.
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