What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Mission Bay?
Mission Bay is ranked #32 of 71 eligible neighborhoods in San Francisco; #170 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #2,215 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Mission Bay
San Francisco, CA | San Francisco County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
66.1
Stability and Strength
63.1
Value Opportunity
47.6
Momentum
97.0
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | San Francisco, CA |
| County | San Francisco County |
| National rank | #2,215 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #170 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #32 of 71 |
| County rank | #32 of 71 |
| National percentile | 85.2 |
| National band | TOP_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $1,463,046 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 8.7% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 1.34% |
| Home value to income ratio | 12.29 |
| Median household income | $119,079 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 83.7% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 4.8% |
| Homeownership rate | 26.3% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 7.1% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 40.6% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in Mission Bay
Is Mission Bay one of the best neighborhoods in San Francisco?
Mission Bay has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 66.1 and a city ranking of #32 of 71 eligible neighborhoods in San Francisco.
How much are homes worth in Mission Bay?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Mission Bay is approximately $1,463,046.
Are home values rising or falling in Mission Bay?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 8.7% year over year and 1.34% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Mission Bay?
Mission Bay has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 97.0. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Mission Bay?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $119,079.
How affordable is Mission Bay relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 12.29. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Mission Bay primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 26.3%.
What is the unemployment rate in Mission Bay?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 4.8%.
How educated are residents of Mission Bay?
Approximately 83.7% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Mission Bay face high rent burden?
Approximately 40.6% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Mission Bay?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry. These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications41
Estimated originations25
Home-purchase applications30
Origination rate61.9%
Home-purchase share72.3%
Average application loan$803,955
Total application loan amount$32,850,305
National application rank#8,059 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 20.4% YoY; originations 23.0% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography. This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation. Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded. Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.