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Financial District/South Beach

Neighborhood in San Francisco

Part of the city: Downtown

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About Downtown

The Financial District, SoMa and the hills above them: Nob Hill, Russian Hill, North Beach and Chinatown, out to Mission Bay and Treasure Island.

Names you’ll hear here

  • Embarcadero
  • Rincon Hill
  • Union Square

Landmarks:

  • Exploratorium
  • Ferry Building
  • Salesforce Park
  • Salesforce Tower
  • Salesforce Transit Center
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Living here

Housing
Middle housing cost. Median home $1.4M · renters pay $3,290/moSurvey estimates for 2020–2024, not current prices, for the whole neighborhood. Rent is what renting households pay, utilities included, counting rent-controlled and subsidized homes, so it sits well below what a new lease costs. Use them to compare neighborhoods, not to budget.
To Montgomery St
Under 30 min. About 15 min by transit, weekday morning
Getting to work
Mostly transit, walk or bike. 24% drive · 20% transit · 51% walk or bike
Households
Mostly renters. 70% rent
Tree canopy
5–10%. 5% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
Home types
Detached 5% · Attached 1% · 2–19 units 8% · 20+ units 87%
Built
1939 or earlier 11% · 1940–79 13% · 1980–99 20% · 2000 or later 56%
Ages
Under 15 7% · 15–24 8% · 25–44 48% · 45–64 23% · 65+ 13%
Language at home
English only 50% · Chinese 21% · Other Indo-European (e.g. Hindi, Urdu) 8%English only, or the language besides English that each person 5 or older speaks at home. For tracts the Census groups some languages: Hindi and Urdu are among “other Indo-European”.
Recent immigrants
25% born abroad, came to the US 2010 or laterShare of residents, from the 2020–2024 survey.

American Community Survey 2020–2024 and Muni, BART and Caltrain schedules, Financial District/South Beach. Tiers compare San Francisco's 38 residential Analysis Neighborhoods.

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