68fit
Sunset / Parkside
$3K median rent
Fog, taraval, and the largest analysis neighborhood in this set. Family streets, ocean at the end of the grid.
Family streetsWaterfrontWalk 66Safety 100
San Francisco/Inner Sunset
45fit
Inner Sunset
Official analysis neighborhood: Inner Sunset
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · SFPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Ninth Avenue, UCSF up the hill, and Cole Valley on the eastern edge. The walkable west side.
cole valley9th avenueucsf parnassus
Best in San Francisco for familiesWalkable San FranciscoUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
95
25 violent · 277 property · 11.1 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)+45 vs city set
Schools
90
Rating 8.5 / 10 nearby+37 vs city set
Walk
13
OSM: 15 groceries · 24 cafes · 123 transit · 25 parks-13 vs city set
Cost
75
$2,916 ACS median vs your rent budget-5 vs city set
Vibe
9
OSM: 24 cafes · 70 restaurants · 9 bars · 25 parks-14 vs city set
Commute to work
From Inner Sunset, a typical weekday is 33 min to FiDi, 32 min to SoMa, 34 min to Mission Bay. Not live traffic.
SoMa is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
FiDi
33 min
Embarcadero offices · +9 min vs the city-set median
SoMa
32 min
Tech lofts · +9 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Mission Bay
34 min
UCSF, new offices · +7 min vs the city-set median
Minutes are baked from neighborhood geography to three job centers — not Google, not this hour’s traffic.
Cost of living
The ACS median rent is $2,916 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 21% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($168K) could “afford” about $4,196 a month at 30% of pay.
59% of households rent. Median home value is $1,680,328.
ACS median rent
$2,916
30% income budget
$4,196
Rent / income
21%
Median home
$1,680,328
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for San Francisco city. Up 62% since 2014. Inner Sunset is 18% above the 2024 city median.
Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Census does not publish a rent series for each official neighborhood, so the line is the city place. The dashed mark is this area’s ACS 2024 median.
HUD treats 30% of income as the cost-burden line. We do not split ACS rent into 1-bed vs 2-bed. Method.
Within a walk
Within a short walk of this official analysis neighborhood: 15 groceries, 24 cafes, 25 parks, and 123 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 25 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (123 stops or stations).
24 cafes and 70 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the San Francisco set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 9 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
27,144
Median age
40
Median income
$168K
Renters
59%
Bachelor+
75%
Violent / 1k
0.9
Property / 1k
10.2
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 6 census tracts · SFPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
Family streets
Crime is SFPD Part I reports per 1,000 ACS residents — not a judgment of who lives here. Home and rent figures are ACS medians, not live MLS. Read the method.
On the ground
What it is like to live here, beyond the scores.
Ninth Avenue, UCSF up the hill, and Cole Valley on the eastern edge. The walkable west side — park access, a commercial street that residents actually use, fog that Inner Richmond would recognize. Guides put it with Noe and the Marina for families who still want a city.
UCSF traffic and the N-Judah are the pulse. Golden Gate Park is the backyard. Weight walk and family. Nightlife is Ninth Avenue, which is enough. Outer Sunset is cheaper and sleepier; the Haight is louder and closer to downtown.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, Boston planning-neighborhood writing, and local writing, 2025–2026. Editorial — not part of the fit score.
Reported here lately
City 311 service requests in this official unit, last 14 days. This is what neighbors filed with the city — not a chat thread, and not part of the fit score.
644 reports
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning238
- Parking Enforcement216
- Graffiti Public63
- General63
- Noise20
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning
- Litter Receptacle Maintenance
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning
San Francisco 311, last 14 days, using DataSF analysis neighborhood. Method.
On Reddit
Public posts from r/sanfrancisco that mention this neighborhood. Not Nextdoor, not people on this block, and not part of the fit score.
One r/sanfrancisco post in this snapshot names Inner Sunset.
- Toddler on the run in Cole Valley
r/sanfrancisco · Aug 30 · 1127 upvotes · 73 comments
The line above is a reading of the titles, not a verdict. Up to 3 links, last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Inner Sunset safe?
Inner Sunset sits on the quieter side of this San Francisco map (safety 95 vs city 50). SFPD logged 0.9 violent and 10.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 11.1 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Inner Sunset?
ACS median rent is $2,916 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 59% of households rent. Median home value is $1,680,328. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Inner Sunset walkable?
Walk is 13 here vs 26 for the San Francisco set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 15 groceries, 24 cafes, 123 transit stops, 25 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Inner Sunset good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 8.5 / 10. Median age is 40. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Inner Sunset?
33 typical weekday minutes to FiDi. Not the app on your phone this hour. Other job centers are further down this page.
How many people live in Inner Sunset?
About 27,144 people. Median income $168K. 75% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Inner Sunset?
Haight-Ashbury, Western Addition, Sunset / Parkside sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official analysis neighborhoods, start with Inner Sunset vs Haight-Ashbury.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Inner Sunset vs Haight-AshburyInner Sunset vs Western AdditionInner Sunset vs Sunset / Parkside
37fit
Western Addition
$2K median rent
Alamo Square, the Fillmore, and Japantown sit inside this analysis neighborhood. Painted ladies are the postcard; the grid is the product.
Walk 15Safety 32
37fit
Haight-Ashbury
$3K median rent
The Haight is the brand; the Panhandle is the commute. Still walkable, still loud on weekends, still next to the park.
NightlifeWalk 13Safety 74
35fit
Castro
$3K median rent
The Castro is the search term; Castro/Upper Market is the official polygon. Hills, neon, and a Muni metro under Market.
NightlifeWalk 20Safety 21
33fit
Pacific Heights
$3K median rent
Victorians on the hill and Fillmore shops at the bottom. The view is the product; the stairs are the tax.
Family streetsWalk 5Safety 47