66fit
Mission
$2K median rent
Valencia corridor, Mission murals, and a density that never sleeps. The official analysis neighborhood is just Mission — search the street names.
NightlifeWalk 86Safety 11
San Francisco/Haight-Ashbury
37fit
Haight-Ashbury
Official analysis neighborhood: Haight Ashbury
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · SFPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
The Haight is the brand; the Panhandle is the commute. Still walkable, still loud on weekends, still next to the park.
haighthaight ashburyupper haightpanhandle
Best in San Francisco for familiesWalkable San FranciscoUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
74
24 violent · 366 property · 23.2 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)+24 vs city set
Schools
47
Rating 7.2 / 10 nearby-6 vs city set
Walk
13
OSM: 19 groceries · 26 cafes · 107 transit · 22 parks-13 vs city set
Cost
73
$3,027 ACS median vs your rent budget-7 vs city set
Vibe
7
OSM: 26 cafes · 49 restaurants · 16 bars · 22 parks-16 vs city set
Commute to work
From Haight-Ashbury, a typical weekday is 24 min to FiDi, 21 min to SoMa, 24 min to Mission Bay. Not live traffic.
SoMa is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
FiDi
24 min
Embarcadero offices · at the city-set median
SoMa
21 min
Tech lofts · -2 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
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 $3,027 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 18% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($198K) could “afford” about $4,960 a month at 30% of pay.
71% of households rent. Median home value is $1,763,844.
ACS median rent
$3,027
30% income budget
$4,960
Rent / income
18%
Median home
$1,763,844
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for San Francisco city. Up 62% since 2014. Haight-Ashbury is 22% 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: 19 groceries, 26 cafes, 22 parks, and 107 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 22 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (107 stops or stations).
26 cafes and 49 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 11 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
16,768
Median age
34.7
Median income
$198K
Renters
71%
Bachelor+
83%
Violent / 1k
1.4
Property / 1k
21.8
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 5 census tracts · SFPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
Nightlife
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.
The Haight is the brand; the Panhandle is the commute. Still walkable, still loud on weekends, still next to Golden Gate Park. Tourists buy t-shirts on Upper Haight; Lower Haight drinks. Residents use the park and complain about both.
Housing is Victorians chopped into apartments. Nighttime noise is the tax for being next to the city’s best park. Weight walk and vibe. Compare to Inner Sunset if you want the park with less costume history.
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.
1,027 reports
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning365
- Parking Enforcement360
- Graffiti Public121
- General52
- Graffiti Private45
- Residential Building
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning
- Parking Enforcement
- Parking Enforcement
- Parking Enforcement
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: food, pets, and weather.
- Train @ Mad Dog in the Fog on Haight Street
r/sanfrancisco · Aug 28 · 163 upvotes · 57 comments
- Train on Haight St
r/sanfrancisco · Aug 28 · 83 upvotes · 37 comments
- Bar at Haight and Clayton in 1980s
r/sanfrancisco · Aug 28 · 9 upvotes · 12 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 Haight-Ashbury safe?
Haight-Ashbury sits on the quieter side of this San Francisco map (safety 74 vs city 50). SFPD logged 1.4 violent and 21.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 23.2 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Haight-Ashbury?
ACS median rent is $3,027 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 71% of households rent. Median home value is $1,763,844. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Haight-Ashbury 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: 19 groceries, 26 cafes, 107 transit stops, 22 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Haight-Ashbury good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 7.2 / 10. Median age is 34.7. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Haight-Ashbury?
24 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 Haight-Ashbury?
About 16,768 people. Median income $198K. 83% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Haight-Ashbury?
Castro, Western Addition, Hayes Valley sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official analysis neighborhoods, start with Haight-Ashbury vs Castro.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Haight-Ashbury vs CastroHaight-Ashbury vs Western AdditionHaight-Ashbury vs Hayes Valley
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
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
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
Hayes Valley
$3K median rent
The freeway came down; the boutiques stayed. A compact walk to the opera without living on the Tenderloin edge.
NightlifePlannedWalk 17Safety 16