Neighborhoods of San Francisco
San Francisco California, is the centerpiece of the Bay Area, well known for its liberal community, hilly terrain, Victorian architecture, scenic beauty, summer fog, and great ethnic and cultural diversity. These are only a few of the aspects of the city that make San Francisco one of the most visited cities in the world.
It’s located on a small seven-by-seven mile square of land at the tip of a peninsula between the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific coast. It has a population of 805,000, but is the center of a metropolitan area of 7.1 million. San Francisco is just one of the cities which makes up the entire San Francisco Bay Area.
San Francisco is a city of neighborhoods, each with its own unique character. And, for the sake of organization, real estate is divided into 10 districts, each determined by geographic boundaries and each full of distinct neighborhoods. Click on a thumbnail below to view more information about that district and the neighborhoods it encompasses.
| District 1: (Northwest) | District 2: (Central West) | District 3: (Southwest) | District 4: (Twin Peaks) | District 5: (Central) |
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| Central Richmond, Inner Richmond, Outer Richmond, Jordan Park/Laurel Heights, Lake Street, Sea Cliff, Lone Mountain | Golden Gate Heights, Outer Parkside, Outer Sunset, Parkside, Central Sunset, Inner Sunset, Inner Parkside | Lake Shore, Merced Heights, Pine Lake Par, Stonestown, Lakeside, Merced Manor, Ingleside Heights, Ingleside, Oceanview | Balboa Terrace, Diamond Heights, Forest Hill, Forest Knolls, Ingleside Terrace, Midtown Terrace, St. Francis Wood, Miraloma Park, Forest Hill Extension, Sherwood Forest, Monterey Heights, Mount Davidson Manor, Westwood Highlands, Westwood Park, Sunnyside, West Portal | Glen Park, Haight Ashbury, Noe Valley, Twin Peaks, Cole Valley/Parnassus Heights, Buena Vista/Ashbury Heights, Corona Heights, Clarendon Heights, Duboce Triangle, Eureka Valley/Dolores Heights, Mission Dolores |
| District 6: (Central North) | District 7: (North) | District 8: (Northeast) | District 9: (Central East) | District 10: (Southeast) |
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| Anza Vista, Hayes Valley, Lower Pacific Heights, Western Addition, Alamo Square, North Panhandle | Marina, Pacific Heights, Presidio Heights, Cow Hollow | Downtown, Financial District/Barbary Coast, Nob Hill, North Beach, Russian Hill, Van Ness/Civic Center, Telegraph Hill, North Waterfront, Tenderloin | Bernal Heights, Inner Mission, Mission Bay, Potrero Hill, South of Market, Yerba Buena, South Beach, Central Waterfront/Dogpatch | Bayview, Crocker Amazon, Excelsior, Outer Mission, Visitacion Valley, Portola, Silver Terrace, Mission Terrace, Hunters Point, Bayview Heights, Candlestick Point, Little Hollywood |
