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Hayes Valley

Neighborhood in San Francisco

Part of the city: Central

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About Central

The middle of the city: the Mission, the Castro, Noe Valley, the Haight and Twin Peaks.

Names you’ll hear here

  • NoPa

Landmarks:

  • Alamo Square
  • Davies Symphony Hall
  • War Memorial Opera House

Living here

Housing
Middle housing cost. Median home $1.2M · renters pay $2,580/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 21 min by transit, weekday morning
Getting to work
Mixed. 29% drive · 42% transit · 25% walk or bike
Households
Mostly renters. 83% rent
Tree canopy
5–10%. 5% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
Home types
Detached 3% · Attached 3% · 2–19 units 56% · 20+ units 38%
Built
1939 or earlier 54% · 1940–79 19% · 1980–99 8% · 2000 or later 20%
Ages
Under 15 8% · 15–24 9% · 25–44 51% · 45–64 23% · 65+ 9%
Language at home
English only 77% · Spanish 6% · Chinese 5%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
9% 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, Hayes Valley. Tiers compare San Francisco's 38 residential Analysis Neighborhoods.

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