38fit
Bernal Heights
$3K median rent
A hill with a park on top and Cortland at the base. South of the Mission without Mission prices — relatively.
Family streetsWalk 6Safety 79
San Francisco/Mission
66fit
Mission
Official analysis neighborhood: Mission
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · SFPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Valencia corridor, Mission murals, and a density that never sleeps. The official analysis neighborhood is just Mission — search the street names.
valenciamission districtdolores24th street
Best in San Francisco for familiesWalkable San FranciscoUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
11
609 violent · 2035 property · 47.9 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)-39 vs city set
Schools
27
Rating 6.6 / 10 nearby-26 vs city set
Walk
86
OSM: 83 groceries · 69 cafes · 158 transit · 48 parks+60 vs city set
Cost
88
$2,494 ACS median vs your rent budget+8 vs city set
Vibe
61
OSM: 69 cafes · 280 restaurants · 75 bars · 48 parks+38 vs city set
Commute to work
From Mission, a typical weekday is 22 min to FiDi, 14 min to SoMa, 13 min to Mission Bay. Not live traffic.
Mission Bay is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
FiDi
22 min
Embarcadero offices · -2 min vs the city-set median
SoMa
14 min
Tech lofts · -9 min vs the city-set median
Mission Bay
13 min
UCSF, new offices · -14 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
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 $2,494 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 20% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($146K) could “afford” about $3,662 a month at 30% of pay.
72% of households rent. Median home value is $1,326,451.
ACS median rent
$2,494
30% income budget
$3,662
Rent / income
20%
Median home
$1,326,451
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for San Francisco city. Up 62% since 2014. Mission is 1% 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: 83 groceries, 69 cafes, 48 parks, and 158 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 48 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (158 stops or stations).
69 cafes and 280 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 19 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
55,114
Median age
38.1
Median income
$146K
Renters
72%
Bachelor+
59%
Violent / 1k
11.0
Property / 1k
36.9
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 17 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.
Valencia corridor, Mission murals, and a density that never sleeps. Every SF guide still gives the Mission to food and nightlife. The official analysis neighborhood is just Mission — search the street names (Valencia, 24th, 16th) because they are different nights.
Sunshine, relative to the avenues. Buses and BART. Gentrification is the long local argument. Weight vibe and walk; safety is blockwise and after-midnight. If you want the same latitude with strollers, Noe Valley is over the hill. If you want the same food with a quieter hill, Bernal.
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.
5,705 reports
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning2,473
- Parking Enforcement1,372
- Graffiti Public550
- Encampment392
- Graffiti Private379
- Parking Enforcement
- Noise
- Parking Enforcement
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning
- Sewer
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 Mission.
- Mission district - Royal Enfield 350 - can I pick your brain?
r/sanfrancisco · Sep 1 · 1 upvote
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 Mission safe?
Mission shows more Part I than most of this San Francisco set (safety 11 vs city 50). SFPD logged 11.0 violent and 36.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 47.9 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Mission?
ACS median rent is $2,494 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 72% of households rent. Median home value is $1,326,451. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Mission walkable?
Walk is 86 here vs 26 for the San Francisco set — a grocery run and a coffee on foot are realistic. Inside 800 meters: 83 groceries, 69 cafes, 158 transit stops, 48 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Mission good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 6.6 / 10. Median age is 38.1. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Mission?
22 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 Mission?
About 55,114 people. Median income $146K. 59% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Mission?
Mission Bay, South of Market, Castro sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official analysis neighborhoods, start with Mission vs Mission Bay.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Mission vs Mission BayMission vs South of MarketMission vs Castro
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
South of Market
$2K median rent
Tech lofts, clubs, and a crime rate that downtown visitor traffic inflates. Walk scores max; evening quiet depends on the block.
NightlifePlannedWalk 24Safety 0
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
28fit
Mission Bay
$3K median rent
UCSF, new towers, and a shoreline that did not exist a generation ago. Planned more than discovered.
PlannedWaterfrontWalk 0Safety 63