71fit
FiDi / South Beach
$3K median rent
Towers, the Embarcadero, and a ballpark on the south edge. Official name is Financial District/South Beach — search FiDi.
NightlifePlannedWaterfrontWalk 100Safety 5
San Francisco/Nob Hill
64fit
Nob Hill
Official analysis neighborhood: Nob Hill
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · SFPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Cable cars, hotel bars, and a ridge between Chinatown and Pac Heights. Dense without SoMa's warehouse scale.
grace cathedral
Best in San Francisco for familiesWalkable San FranciscoUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
37
119 violent · 725 property · 35.9 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)-13 vs city set
Schools
23
Rating 6.5 / 10 nearby-30 vs city set
Walk
73
OSM: 59 groceries · 63 cafes · 188 transit · 31 parks+47 vs city set
Cost
100
$2,106 ACS median vs your rent budget+20 vs city set
Vibe
48
OSM: 63 cafes · 211 restaurants · 76 bars · 31 parks+25 vs city set
Commute to work
From Nob Hill, a typical weekday is 13 min to FiDi, 21 min to SoMa, 29 min to Mission Bay. Not live traffic.
FiDi is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
FiDi
13 min
Embarcadero offices · -11 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
SoMa
21 min
Tech lofts · -2 min vs the city-set median
Mission Bay
29 min
UCSF, new offices · +2 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 $2,106 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 25% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($100K) could “afford” about $2,503 a month at 30% of pay.
87% of households rent. Median home value is $1,225,172.
ACS median rent
$2,106
30% income budget
$2,503
Rent / income
25%
Median home
$1,225,172
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for San Francisco city. Up 62% since 2014. Nob Hill is 15% below 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: 59 groceries, 63 cafes, 31 parks, and 188 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 31 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (188 stops or stations).
63 cafes and 211 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 18 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
23,536
Median age
40.1
Median income
$100K
Renters
87%
Bachelor+
62%
Violent / 1k
5.1
Property / 1k
30.8
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 9 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.
Nob Hill is cable cars, hotel bars, and a ridge between Chinatown and Pac Heights. Dense without SoMa’s warehouse scale. You are on top of the city, which means wind, views, and a walk downhill to everything that is interesting.
Grace Cathedral and Huntington Park give it a civic living room. The housing is apartments and a few impossible houses. Weight walk (the ridge is central) and cost. Nighttime quiet is better than North Beach, worse than Pacific Heights’ side streets.
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.
1,415 reports
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning744
- Parking Enforcement285
- General118
- Encampment72
- Blocked Street and Sidewalk66
- Parking Enforcement
- Parking Enforcement
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning
- Parking Enforcement
- Blocked Street and Sidewalk
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: a few posts that name Nob Hill.
- Pokemon Concert with Sixth Station Trio at Grace Cathedral
r/sanfrancisco · Aug 29 · 52 upvotes
- Any good dry cleaning places around Nob Hill that are open on Sundays?
r/sanfrancisco · Aug 30 · 2 upvotes · 1 comment
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 Nob Hill safe?
Nob Hill shows more Part I than most of this San Francisco set (safety 37 vs city 50). SFPD logged 5.1 violent and 30.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 35.9 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Nob Hill?
ACS median rent is $2,106 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 87% of households rent. Median home value is $1,225,172. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Nob Hill walkable?
Walk is 73 here vs 26 for the San Francisco set — a grocery run and a coffee on foot are realistic. Inside 800 meters: 59 groceries, 63 cafes, 188 transit stops, 31 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Nob Hill good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 6.5 / 10. Median age is 40.1. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Nob Hill?
13 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 Nob Hill?
About 23,536 people. Median income $100K. 62% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Nob Hill?
FiDi / South Beach, Russian Hill, Pacific Heights sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official analysis neighborhoods, start with Nob Hill vs FiDi / South Beach.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Nob Hill vs FiDi / South BeachNob Hill vs Russian HillNob Hill vs Pacific Heights
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North Beach
$2K median rent
Caffe Trieste, Columbus Avenue, and Telegraph Hill stairs. Nightlife with a church bell still in earshot.
NightlifeWaterfrontWalk 23Safety 42
38fit
Russian Hill
$3K median rent
The crooked street is the postcard. The rest is steep walks, bay windows, and a quieter read of the north waterfront.
WaterfrontWalk 11Safety 53
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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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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