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Haight-Ashbury vs Russian Hill

Haight-Ashbury and Russian Hill are two official analysis neighborhoods in San Francisco. Haight-Ashbury is the calmer Part I map (74 vs 53). Walk is a wash (13 vs 11). Russian Hill has the lower ACS median ($2,788).

Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · SFPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026

Scores

Fit axes among official San Francisco analysis neighborhoods.

AxisHaight-AshburyRussian Hill
Safety7453
Schools4767
Walk1311
Cost fit8390
Vibe718
Median rent$3,027$2,788
Median home$1,763,844$1,422,991
Population16,76815,524
Commute to FiDi24 min20 min
Commute to SoMa21 min29 min
Commute to Mission Bay24 min38 min

Living numbers

Who rents, how old, how much crime, how many shops — beside the scores.

FactHaight-AshburyRussian Hill
Renters71%79%
Median age34.738.3
Median income$198K$156K
Part I per 1k23.231.3
Groceries / 800m1910
Transit stops / 800m10797
Parks / 800m2250
311 last 14 days1,027556

Rent

Rent since 2014

ACS 5-year median gross rent for San Francisco city. Up 62% since 2014. Haight is 22% above the 2024 city median. R Hill is 13% above the 2024 city median.

$1.7kHaight $3,027R Hill $2,788201420162018202020222024

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. Dashed marks are each area’s ACS 2024 median.

Which to pick

The same numbers as the table, in sentences. Nobody wins the city.

Pick Haight-Ashbury if the quieter map matters more than the scene. Safety is 74 vs 53. Read both pages before you decide.

Pick Russian Hill if the school rating nearby is the point and you want the cafes and the night. Schools score 67 vs 47. Vibe is 18 vs 7. ACS median rent is $2,788 vs $3,027. Read both pages before you decide.

Haight-Ashbury

The Haight is the brand; the Panhandle is the commute. Still walkable, still loud on weekends, still next to the park.

$3,027 median rent · safety 74 · walk 13

Russian Hill

The crooked street is the postcard. The rest is steep walks, bay windows, and a quieter read of the north waterfront.

$2,788 median rent · safety 53 · walk 11

Common questions

Same pair, said in questions. The numbers are in the tables.

Which is cheaper, Haight-Ashbury or Russian Hill?

Russian Hill is the lower ACS median: $3,027 vs $2,788. About 79% rent in Russian Hill vs 71% in Haight-Ashbury. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.

Is Haight-Ashbury more walkable than Russian Hill?

Walk is basically a tie (13 vs 11). Count groceries if you care: 19 in Haight-Ashbury vs 10 in Russian Hill, inside 800 meters.

Which is safer on this map, Haight-Ashbury or Russian Hill?

Haight-Ashbury is the calmer Part I read (74 vs 53). Combined rate 23.2 vs 31.3 per 1,000. Visitors count in those numbers.

Which scores higher for families, Haight-Ashbury or Russian Hill?

Russian Hill leads the school axis (67 vs 47). Nearby rating is 7.8 / 10 vs 7.2 / 10. Median age 38.3 vs 34.7. Haight-Ashbury has more of the night. Neither number is a school assignment.

Which has the shorter commute to FiDi?

24 minutes from Haight-Ashbury to FiDi, 20 from Russian Hill. Russian Hill is the shorter weekday. Not this hour's traffic.

If you drop both

Closest official analysis neighborhood that is not Haight-Ashbury or Russian Hill: Western Addition. Alamo Square, the Fillmore, and Japantown sit inside this analysis neighborhood. Painted ladies are the postcard; the grid is the product.

Haight-Ashbury vs Western AdditionRussian Hill vs Western Addition

Scores are relative among official San Francisco analysis neighborhoods with the same editorial weights. Read the method.