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Nob Hill
$2K ACS median rent
Cable cars, hotel bars, and a ridge between Chinatown and Pac Heights. Dense without SoMa's warehouse scale.
- Walk index
- 73
- Safety index
- 37
- Published fit
- 64
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FiDi / South Beach
Official analysis neighborhood: Financial District/South Beach
Published fit 73 uses default walkable weights and a $2,500 ACS rent budget — the same number as the San Francisco table. Your current weights score this 71.
Data period. ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · SFPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026. ACS and SFPD retrieved 2026-09-01; OSM retrieved 2026-09-01. Editorial copy last revised Sep 2026.
Towers, the Embarcadero, and a ballpark on the south edge. Official name is Financial District/South Beach — search FiDi.
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Best in San Francisco for familiesWalkable San FranciscoUnder $2,500 rent
Why this published score
Default walkable weights, $2,500 ACS rent budget. Same axes as the city table and the FAQ.
Safety
5
156 violent · 1259 property · 67.3 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)-45 vs city set
Schools
13
Rating 6.2 / 10 nearby-40 vs city set
Walk
100
OSM: 18 groceries · 136 cafes · 267 transit · 121 parks+74 vs city set
Cost
79
$3,160 ACS median vs published $2,500 rent budget-10 vs city set
Vibe
100
OSM: 136 cafes · 299 restaurants · 63 bars · 121 parks+77 vs city set
Commute to work
From FiDi / South Beach, a typical weekday is 6 min to FiDi, 15 min to SoMa, 24 min to Mission Bay. Not live traffic.
FiDi is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
FiDi
6 min
Embarcadero offices · -18 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
SoMa
15 min
Tech lofts · -8 min vs the city-set median
Mission Bay
24 min
UCSF, new offices · -3 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 $3,160 — 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 ($184K) could “afford” about $4,612 a month at 30% of pay.
68% of households rent. Median home value is $1,409,680.
ACS median rent
$3,160
30% income budget
$4,612
Rent / income
21%
Median home
$1,409,680
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for San Francisco city. Up 62% since 2014. FiDi / South Beach is 28% 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: 18 groceries, 136 cafes, 121 parks, and 267 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 121 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (267 stops or stations).
136 cafes and 299 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 10 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
21,009
Median age
36.6
Median income
$184K
Renters
68%
Bachelor+
79%
Violent / 1k
7.4
Property / 1k
59.9
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 9 census tracts · SFPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
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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.
Official name: Financial District/South Beach. Towers, the Embarcadero, and a ballpark on the south edge. This is the job-center neighborhood that grew apartments — ferry building groceries, Oracle Park crowds, empty-ish streets on a Sunday in the true FiDi.
South Beach and the Embarcadero are the livable slice; the office canyon is not. Walk scores are high because downtown is high. Weight walk; down-weight family and quiet. Compare to Mission Bay if you want even newer towers and UCSF instead of a ballpark.
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, Philadelphia neighborhood writing, Portland neighborhood writing, Washington neighborhood-cluster 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.
970 reports
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning289
- Blocked Street and Sidewalk189
- Parking Enforcement184
- General120
- Encampment68
- Parking Enforcement
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning
- 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 FiDi / South Beach.
- Spectacular sunrise over the Embarcadero
r/sanfrancisco · Aug 28 · 873 upvotes · 10 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 FiDi / South Beach safe?
FiDi / South Beach shows more Part I than most of this San Francisco set (safety 5 vs city 50). SFPD logged 7.4 violent and 59.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 67.3 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in FiDi / South Beach?
ACS median rent is $3,160 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 68% of households rent. Median home value is $1,409,680. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is FiDi / South Beach walkable?
Walk is 100 here vs 26 for the San Francisco set — a grocery run and a coffee on foot are realistic. Inside 800 meters: 18 groceries, 136 cafes, 267 transit stops, 121 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is FiDi / South Beach good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 6.2 / 10. Median age is 36.6. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from FiDi / South Beach?
6 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 FiDi / South Beach?
About 21,009 people. Median income $184K. 79% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to FiDi / South Beach?
Nob Hill, Hayes Valley, South of Market sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official analysis neighborhoods, start with FiDi / South Beach vs Nob Hill.
Next door
Closest on this schematic map, scored with the same published walkable weights as the San Francisco table. Distances here are not street geography.
FiDi / South Beach vs Nob HillFiDi / South Beach vs Hayes ValleyFiDi / South Beach vs South of Market
43fit
North Beach
$2K ACS median rent
Caffe Trieste, Columbus Avenue, and Telegraph Hill stairs. Nightlife with a church bell still in earshot.
- Walk index
- 23
- Safety index
- 42
- Published fit
- 43
NightlifeWaterfront
40fit
Russian Hill
$3K ACS median rent
The crooked street is the postcard. The rest is steep walks, bay windows, and a quieter read of the north waterfront.
- Walk index
- 11
- Safety index
- 53
- Published fit
- 40
Waterfront
35fit
Hayes Valley
$3K ACS median rent
The freeway came down; the boutiques stayed. A compact walk to the opera without living on the Tenderloin edge.
- Walk index
- 17
- Safety index
- 16
- Published fit
- 35
NightlifePlanned
33fit
South of Market
$2K ACS median rent
Tech lofts, clubs, and a crime rate that downtown visitor traffic inflates. Walk scores max; evening quiet depends on the block.
- Walk index
- 24
- Safety index
- 0
- Published fit
- 33
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