64fit
Nob Hill
$2K median rent
Cable cars, hotel bars, and a ridge between Chinatown and Pac Heights. Dense without SoMa's warehouse scale.
NightlifeWalk 73Safety 37
San Francisco/Western Addition
37fit
Western Addition
Official analysis neighborhood: Western Addition
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · SFPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Alamo Square, the Fillmore, and Japantown sit inside this analysis neighborhood. Painted ladies are the postcard; the grid is the product.
fillmorealamo squarenopajapantown
Best in San Francisco for familiesWalkable San FranciscoUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
32
124 violent · 703 property · 37.1 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)-18 vs city set
Schools
33
Rating 6.8 / 10 nearby-20 vs city set
Walk
15
OSM: 20 groceries · 21 cafes · 97 transit · 48 parks-11 vs city set
Cost
100
$2,077 ACS median vs your rent budget+20 vs city set
Vibe
18
OSM: 21 cafes · 97 restaurants · 16 bars · 48 parks-5 vs city set
Commute to work
From Western Addition, a typical weekday is 21 min to FiDi, 23 min to SoMa, 29 min to Mission Bay. Not live traffic.
FiDi is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
FiDi
21 min
Embarcadero offices · -3 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
SoMa
23 min
Tech lofts · at 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 $2,077 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 24% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($105K) could “afford” about $2,617 a month at 30% of pay.
78% of households rent. Median home value is $1,013,697.
ACS median rent
$2,077
30% income budget
$2,617
Rent / income
24%
Median home
$1,013,697
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for San Francisco city. Up 62% since 2014. Western Addition is 16% 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: 20 groceries, 21 cafes, 48 parks, and 97 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 48 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (97 stops or stations).
21 cafes and 97 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 12 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
22,288
Median age
43.4
Median income
$105K
Renters
78%
Bachelor+
59%
Violent / 1k
5.6
Property / 1k
31.5
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 7 census tracts · SFPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
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.
Alamo Square, the Fillmore, and Japantown sit inside this analysis neighborhood. Painted ladies are the postcard; the grid is the product. Fillmore’s music history is not a plaque — the corridor still works. Japantown is a complete errand if you let it be.
The neighborhood is bigger and more mixed than the postcard. Housing ranges from Victorians to mid-century apartments. Weight walk and vibe. Safety is not uniform; Alamo Square’s lawn is not the whole story. This is a real inner neighborhood, not a view.
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.
685 reports
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning377
- Parking Enforcement83
- Encampment75
- Noise43
- General41
- Residential Building
- Blocked Street and Sidewalk
- Street and Sidewalk Cleaning
- 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 Western Addition.
- explosion near alamo square?
r/sanfrancisco · Aug 29 · 85 upvotes · 34 comments
- Explosion in Fillmore?
r/sanfrancisco · Aug 29 · 15 upvotes · 17 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 Western Addition safe?
Western Addition shows more Part I than most of this San Francisco set (safety 32 vs city 50). SFPD logged 5.6 violent and 31.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 37.1 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Western Addition?
ACS median rent is $2,077 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 78% of households rent. Median home value is $1,013,697. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Western Addition walkable?
Walk is 15 here vs 26 for the San Francisco set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 20 groceries, 21 cafes, 97 transit stops, 48 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Western Addition good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 6.8 / 10. Median age is 43.4. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Western Addition?
21 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 Western Addition?
About 22,288 people. Median income $105K. 59% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Western Addition?
Pacific Heights, Haight-Ashbury, Hayes Valley sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official analysis neighborhoods, start with Western Addition vs Pacific Heights.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Western Addition vs Pacific HeightsWestern Addition vs Haight-AshburyWestern Addition vs Hayes Valley
45fit
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
37fit
Haight-Ashbury
$3K median rent
The Haight is the brand; the Panhandle is the commute. Still walkable, still loud on weekends, still next to the park.
NightlifeWalk 13Safety 74
33fit
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
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