52fit
Outer Richmond
$2K median rent
The last grid before the Pacific. Cheaper than Inner Richmond, foggier, and a bus ride from everywhere else.
Family streetsWaterfrontWalk 26Safety 89
San Francisco/Sunset / Parkside
68fit
Sunset / Parkside
Official analysis neighborhood: Sunset/Parkside
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · SFPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Fog, taraval, and the largest analysis neighborhood in this set. Family streets, ocean at the end of the grid.
sunsetouter sunsetparksidetaravalnoriega
Best in San Francisco for familiesWalkable San FranciscoUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
100
59 violent · 632 property · 9.2 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)+50 vs city set
Schools
60
Rating 7.6 / 10 nearby+7 vs city set
Walk
66
OSM: 31 groceries · 47 cafes · 265 transit · 58 parks+40 vs city set
Cost
78
$2,803 ACS median vs your rent budget-2 vs city set
Vibe
30
OSM: 47 cafes · 114 restaurants · 17 bars · 58 parks+7 vs city set
Commute to work
From Sunset / Parkside, a typical weekday is 52 min to FiDi, 49 min to SoMa, 50 min to Mission Bay. Not live traffic.
SoMa is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
FiDi
52 min
Embarcadero offices · +28 min vs the city-set median
SoMa
49 min
Tech lofts · +26 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Mission Bay
50 min
UCSF, new offices · +23 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 $2,803 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 23% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($149K) could “afford” about $3,733 a month at 30% of pay.
35% of households rent. Median home value is $1,464,661.
ACS median rent
$2,803
30% income budget
$3,733
Rent / income
23%
Median home
$1,464,661
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for San Francisco city. Up 62% since 2014. Sunset / Parkside is 13% 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: 31 groceries, 47 cafes, 58 parks, and 265 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 58 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (265 stops or stations).
47 cafes and 114 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 17 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
75,108
Median age
45.4
Median income
$149K
Renters
35%
Bachelor+
56%
Violent / 1k
0.8
Property / 1k
8.4
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 16 census tracts · SFPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
Family streetsWaterfront
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.
Fog, Taraval, and the largest analysis neighborhood in this set. Family streets, ocean at the end of the grid, Sunset Boulevard as a seam. Locals on forums still name the Sunset as the neighborhood they actually lived in, not the one they posted about.
Inner vs Outer vs Parkside are different commutes. Treat this polygon as a district: tour the specific avenue. Weight cost and family. Walk scores lie if you pick a block far from Irving or Taraval. The park and the beach are real; downtown is a commitment.
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.
1,028 reports
- Parking Enforcement445
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning303
- General91
- Graffiti Public48
- Graffiti Private38
- Parking Enforcement
- Parking Enforcement
- Parking Enforcement
- 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.
In r/sanfrancisco lately: the beach and events.
- Sunset last night 🌁
r/sanfrancisco · Aug 30 · 254 upvotes · 1 comment
- Sunset District - Fireworks??
r/sanfrancisco · Aug 31 · 11 comments
- Interested in being Spontaneously Creative? Free Flash Fiction event Sept 13th at Sunset Commons
r/sanfrancisco · Aug 31 · 4 upvotes · 1 comment
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 Sunset / Parkside safe?
Sunset / Parkside sits on the quieter side of this San Francisco map (safety 100 vs city 50). SFPD logged 0.8 violent and 8.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 9.2 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Sunset / Parkside?
ACS median rent is $2,803 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 35% of households rent. Median home value is $1,464,661. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Sunset / Parkside walkable?
Walk is 66 here vs 26 for the San Francisco set — some errands work on foot; some still need a ride. Inside 800 meters: 31 groceries, 47 cafes, 265 transit stops, 58 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Sunset / Parkside good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 7.6 / 10. Median age is 45.4. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Sunset / Parkside?
52 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 Sunset / Parkside?
About 75,108 people. Median income $149K. 56% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Sunset / Parkside?
Inner Sunset, Castro, Haight-Ashbury sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official analysis neighborhoods, start with Sunset / Parkside vs Inner Sunset.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Sunset / Parkside vs Inner SunsetSunset / Parkside vs CastroSunset / Parkside vs Haight-Ashbury
45fit
Inner Sunset
$3K median rent
Ninth Avenue, UCSF up the hill, and Cole Valley on the eastern edge. The walkable west side.
Family streetsWalk 13Safety 95
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
36fit
Noe Valley
$3K median rent
Strollers on 24th, sun on the south slope, and the lowest violent rate in this set. The family read of inner SF.
Family streetsWalk 5Safety 68
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