Typical Cost of a House in San Francisco County, California
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The median home value in San Francisco County is $1,394,500, measured over 2020–2024. That is 89.8% above the California median of $734,700. Half of owner-occupied homes are valued above that figure and half below.
Median home value
$1,394,500
2020–2024, give or take $20,642
Against California
+89.8%
AboveCalifornia $734,700
Against the U.S.
+319.1%
AboveU.S. $332,700
Monthly housing costs in San Francisco County
What households actually pay each month, for those who own with a mortgage and those who rent, compared with California as a whole.
Owning with a mortgage
$4,001a month
+35.8%California $2,946
Median of mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees together.
Renting
$2,476a month
+21.6%California $2,036
Median gross rent: the rent itself plus utilities the renter pays.
Where San Francisco County sits among California's counties
Each tick is one county's median home value. The highlighted band holds the middle half of them, and the dark line is the median. San Francisco County is the 4th highest of 58.
What this figure is
It is not a sale price. The Census Bureau asks homeowners what they think their home would sell for, and this is the middle answer for owner-occupied homes in San Francisco County. It covers every kind of home people own and live in, so the price of a particular house on the market can be far from it.
The figure describes the whole of 2020–2024, not a single year, and it is not adjusted for price changes since then. The smaller a county, the fewer households the survey reaches and the less exact its estimate: here the true value is very likely within $20,642 of the one shown.
Common questions
How much does a house cost in San Francisco County, California?
- The median home value in San Francisco County, California is $1,394,500, from Census Bureau survey data for 2020–2024. Half of owner-occupied homes are valued above that and half below.
What is the average home price in San Francisco County, California?
- The Census Bureau publishes a median rather than an average: $1,394,500 for 2020–2024. It is what owners estimate their homes would sell for, not a record of recent sale prices.
How much is a monthly mortgage payment in San Francisco County, California?
- Homeowners with a mortgage in San Francisco County, California pay a median of $4,001 a month. That covers the mortgage payment together with property taxes, insurance and utilities.
What is the average rent in San Francisco County, California?
- Median gross rent in San Francisco County, California is $2,476 a month for 2020–2024. Gross rent is the rent itself plus the utilities the renter pays.
Are homes in San Francisco County, California expensive compared with other places?
- San Francisco County has the 4th highest median home value of the 58 counties in California with a published figure, 89.8% above the California median of $734,700.
Source
U.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024, tables B25077, B25064 and B25088. Retrieved on October 6, 2026.
About the American Community SurveySource: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024.
Other counties in California
The percentage compares each county with the California median.
- Alameda County+48.4%$1,090,100
- Alpine County−19.7%$590,200
- Amador County−38.8%$449,800
- Butte County−42.2%$424,700
- Calaveras County−37.8%$457,200
- Colusa County−46.5%$393,400
- Contra Costa County+18.0%$866,800
- Del Norte County−53.5%$342,000
- El Dorado County−7.5%$679,900
- Fresno County−47.1%$388,800
- Glenn County−52.0%$352,400
- Humboldt County−39.2%$446,900
- Imperial County−57.9%$309,600
- Inyo County−52.5%$348,700
- Kern County−54.0%$338,300
- Kings County−55.9%$324,300
- Lake County−55.9%$324,300
- Lassen County−63.9%$265,300
- Los Angeles County+13.5%$834,200
- Madera County−46.5%$393,200
- Marin County+105.2%$1,507,300
- Mariposa County−47.2%$387,900
- Mendocino County−30.3%$512,200
- Merced County−46.7%$391,800
- Modoc County−69.4%$224,700
- Mono County−13.0%$639,400
- Monterey County+6.3%$781,000
- Napa County+18.3%$869,500
- Nevada County−15.4%$621,800
- Orange County+31.0%$962,600
- Placer County−6.3%$688,100
- Plumas County−51.0%$360,200
- Riverside County−24.1%$557,300
- Sacramento County−27.3%$534,200
- San Benito County+8.0%$793,400
- San Bernardino County−31.3%$505,000
- San Diego County+16.3%$854,700
- San Joaquin County−27.8%$530,700
- San Luis Obispo County+12.2%$824,700
- San Mateo County+112.3%$1,559,600
- Santa Barbara County+7.6%$790,700
- Santa Clara County+102.9%$1,490,600
- Santa Cruz County+39.9%$1,027,500
- Shasta County−50.1%$366,400
- Sierra County−54.8%$331,900
- Siskiyou County−57.9%$309,500
- Solano County−15.9%$617,700
- Sonoma County+11.0%$815,500
- Stanislaus County−38.7%$450,100
- Sutter County−41.0%$433,500
- Tehama County−53.8%$339,600
- Trinity County−55.7%$325,800
- Tulare County−55.1%$330,100
- Tuolumne County−41.0%$433,200
- Ventura County+12.0%$822,700
- Yolo County−15.5%$620,700
- Yuba County−43.9%$412,300