64fit
Nob Hill
$2K ACS median rent
Cable cars, hotel bars, and a ridge between Chinatown and Pac Heights. Dense without SoMa's warehouse scale.
- Walk index
- 73
- Safety index
- 37
- Published fit
- 64
Nightlife
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35fit
Pacific Heights
Official analysis neighborhood: Pacific Heights
Published fit 35 uses default walkable weights and a $2,500 ACS rent budget — the same number as the San Francisco table. Your current weights score this 33.
Data period. ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · SFPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026. ACS and SFPD retrieved 2026-09-01; OSM retrieved 2026-09-01. Editorial copy last revised Sep 2026.
Victorians on the hill and Fillmore shops at the bottom. The view is the product; the stairs are the tax.
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Best in San Francisco for familiesWalkable San FranciscoUnder $2,500 rent
Why this published score
Default walkable weights, $2,500 ACS rent budget. Same axes as the city table and the FAQ.
Safety
47
25 violent · 746 property · 33.8 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)-3 vs city set
Schools
87
Rating 8.4 / 10 nearby+34 vs city set
Walk
5
OSM: 13 groceries · 22 cafes · 101 transit · 17 parks-21 vs city set
Cost
82
$3,040 ACS median vs published $2,500 rent budget-7 vs city set
Vibe
8
OSM: 22 cafes · 83 restaurants · 12 bars · 17 parks-15 vs city set
Commute to work
From Pacific Heights, a typical weekday is 22 min to FiDi, 28 min to SoMa, 35 min to Mission Bay. Not live traffic.
FiDi is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
FiDi
22 min
Embarcadero offices · -2 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
SoMa
28 min
Tech lofts · +5 min vs the city-set median
Mission Bay
35 min
UCSF, new offices · +8 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 $3,040 — 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 ($183K) could “afford” about $4,586 a month at 30% of pay.
70% of households rent. Median home value is $1,787,490.
ACS median rent
$3,040
30% income budget
$4,586
Rent / income
20%
Median home
$1,787,490
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for San Francisco city. Up 62% since 2014. Pacific Heights is 23% 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: 13 groceries, 22 cafes, 17 parks, and 101 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 17 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (101 stops or stations).
22 cafes and 83 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 4 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
22,821
Median age
38.4
Median income
$183K
Renters
70%
Bachelor+
81%
Violent / 1k
1.1
Property / 1k
32.7
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 9 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.
Pacific Heights is Victorians on the hill and Fillmore shops at the bottom. The view is the product; the stairs are the tax. Classic-city buyer guides group it with Russian Hill and Nob Hill — money, bay windows, a car you will still own because the avenues are steep.
Fillmore’s commercial life saves it from being only a view. Alta Plaza and Lafayette Park are the dog circuit. Weight safety and cost (you will not win on cost). Families who can pay for it, stay; everyone else looks at Inner Richmond for houses on flat land.
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, Philadelphia neighborhood writing, Portland neighborhood writing, Washington neighborhood-cluster 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.
634 reports
- Parking Enforcement247
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning167
- General76
- Graffiti Public60
- Encampment30
- General
- Parking Enforcement
- Graffiti Public
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning
- Graffiti Public
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 Pacific Heights.
- Spreckels Mansion, 2080 Washington Street, Pacific Heights, 1930s.
r/sanfrancisco · Jul 29 · 251 upvotes · 15 comments
- Room Rental in Mansion SF San Francisco Pacific Heights
r/sanfrancisco · Jul 23 · 24 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 Pacific Heights safe?
Pacific Heights is middle of the pack for Part I here (safety 47 vs city 50). SFPD logged 1.1 violent and 32.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 33.8 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Pacific Heights?
ACS median rent is $3,040 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 70% of households rent. Median home value is $1,787,490. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Pacific Heights walkable?
Walk is 5 here vs 26 for the San Francisco set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 13 groceries, 22 cafes, 101 transit stops, 17 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Pacific Heights good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 8.4 / 10. Median age is 38.4. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Pacific Heights?
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 Pacific Heights?
About 22,821 people. Median income $183K. 81% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Pacific Heights?
Marina, Western Addition, Nob Hill sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official analysis neighborhoods, start with Pacific Heights vs Marina.
Next door
Closest on this schematic map, scored with the same published walkable weights as the San Francisco table. Distances here are not street geography.
Pacific Heights vs MarinaPacific Heights vs Western AdditionPacific Heights vs Nob Hill
44fit
Inner Richmond
$3K ACS median rent
Clement Street dumplings and a walk to the park. Fog belt without giving up a grocery on the corner.
- Walk index
- 8
- Safety index
- 84
- Published fit
- 44
Family streets
40fit
Russian Hill
$3K ACS median rent
The crooked street is the postcard. The rest is steep walks, bay windows, and a quieter read of the north waterfront.
- Walk index
- 11
- Safety index
- 53
- Published fit
- 40
Waterfront
37fit
Western Addition
$2K ACS median rent
Alamo Square, the Fillmore, and Japantown sit inside this analysis neighborhood. Painted ladies are the postcard; the grid is the product.
- Walk index
- 15
- Safety index
- 32
- Published fit
- 37
30fit
Marina
$3K ACS median rent
Chestnut Street, the Palace of Fine Arts, and a bay that sells the neighborhood. Fog in the morning, crowds on the weekend.
- Walk index
- 4
- Safety index
- 26
- Published fit
- 30
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