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/Inner Richmond
42fit
Inner Richmond
Official analysis neighborhood: Inner Richmond
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · SFPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Clement Street dumplings and a walk to the park. Fog belt without giving up a grocery on the corner.
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Best in San Francisco for familiesWalkable San FranciscoUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
84
23 violent · 247 property · 13.4 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)+34 vs city set
Schools
80
Rating 8.2 / 10 nearby+27 vs city set
Walk
8
OSM: 24 groceries · 21 cafes · 87 transit · 14 parks-18 vs city set
Cost
83
$2,661 ACS median vs your rent budget+3 vs city set
Vibe
9
OSM: 21 cafes · 99 restaurants · 16 bars · 14 parks-14 vs city set
Commute to work
From Inner Richmond, a typical weekday is 33 min to FiDi, 38 min to SoMa, 44 min to Mission Bay. Not live traffic.
FiDi is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
FiDi
33 min
Embarcadero offices · +9 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
SoMa
38 min
Tech lofts · +15 min vs the city-set median
Mission Bay
44 min
UCSF, new offices · +17 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 $2,661 — 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 ($178K) could “afford” about $4,448 a month at 30% of pay.
65% of households rent. Median home value is $1,771,688.
ACS median rent
$2,661
30% income budget
$4,448
Rent / income
18%
Median home
$1,771,688
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for San Francisco city. Up 62% since 2014. Inner Richmond is 7% 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: 24 groceries, 21 cafes, 14 parks, and 87 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 14 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (87 stops or stations).
21 cafes and 99 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 15 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
20,124
Median age
39.6
Median income
$178K
Renters
65%
Bachelor+
72%
Violent / 1k
1.1
Property / 1k
12.3
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 5 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.
Clement Street dumplings and a walk to Golden Gate Park. Fog belt without giving up a grocery on the corner. Family guides send people here for flat numbered avenues and houses — the practical alternative to Noe’s hills and prices.
The park and the Presidio are the weekends. Downtown is a bus that feels long in the rain. Weight cost (relative), family, and walk. Nightlife is thin, which is the point. Outer Richmond is the same idea, foggier and cheaper.
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.
701 reports
- Parking Enforcement271
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning256
- General55
- Encampment40
- Blocked Street and Sidewalk30
- Streetlights
- General
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning
- 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.
No r/sanfrancisco posts in this snapshot mentioned Inner Richmond.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Inner Richmond safe?
Inner Richmond sits on the quieter side of this San Francisco map (safety 84 vs city 50). SFPD logged 1.1 violent and 12.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 13.4 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Inner Richmond?
ACS median rent is $2,661 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 65% of households rent. Median home value is $1,771,688. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Inner Richmond walkable?
Walk is 8 here vs 26 for the San Francisco set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 24 groceries, 21 cafes, 87 transit stops, 14 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Inner Richmond good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 8.2 / 10. Median age is 39.6. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Inner Richmond?
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 Richmond?
About 20,124 people. Median income $178K. 72% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Inner Richmond?
Marina, Pacific Heights, Outer Richmond sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official analysis neighborhoods, start with Inner Richmond vs Marina.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Inner Richmond vs MarinaInner Richmond vs Pacific HeightsInner Richmond vs Outer Richmond
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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
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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
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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
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Marina
$3K median rent
Chestnut Street, the Palace of Fine Arts, and a bay that sells the neighborhood. Fog in the morning, crowds on the weekend.
NightlifeWaterfrontWalk 4Safety 26