Housing & affordability in San Rafael

ACS 2020–24 · four inputs · 18% of the overall score

43/100
40th of 59

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The four inputs

Median home value vs metro$1,355,600

San Francisco $1,140,70040% · scores 59

Median rent vs metro$2,377/mo

San Francisco $2,474/mo30% · scores 47

Ownership rate53%

San Francisco 55%15% · scores 33

Households spending >30% of income on housing44%

San Francisco 38%15% · scores 4

Context, not scored

Median year built · San Francisco 19681968

Houses rather than flats · San Francisco 58%56%

Households with children · San Francisco 29%27%

Neither direction is better here, so none of it moves the grade. It is on the page because it changes what a place is like to live in.

Vertical rule marks the San Francisco reference. ACS 2020–24. Every scale is on the methodology page.

Best San Francisco suburbs for housing

All 59 ranked, San Rafael highlighted

1OrindaB$1,863,200 2AlamoB$2,000,000+3Tamalpais-Homestead ValleyB$1,863,900 4DanvilleB−$1,681,700 5LafayetteB−$2,000,000+6San CarlosB−$2,000,000+7Mill ValleyB−$2,000,000+8MoragaC+$1,663,200 9Menlo ParkC+$2,000,000+10MillbraeC+$1,934,900 11Foster CityC+$1,838,200 12BelmontC$2,000,000+13PleasantonC$1,537,100 14San RamonC$1,509,500 15BurlingameC$2,000,000+16DublinC$1,317,100 17FremontC$1,403,800 18PacificaC−$1,249,800 19Redwood CityC−$1,801,700 20LarkspurC−$1,996,600 21San AnselmoC−$1,576,700 22NewarkC−$1,142,800 23San MateoC−$1,618,700 24LivermoreD+$1,105,600 25San BrunoD+$1,207,500 26Discovery BayD+$832,000 27Castro ValleyD+$1,104,600 28Union CityD+$1,104,900 29South San FranciscoD+$1,188,800 30BrentwoodD$836,600 31AlbanyD$1,202,200 32Walnut CreekD$1,057,300 33El CerritoD$1,124,400 34Pleasant HillD$1,077,100 35HerculesD$769,400 36AlamedaD$1,235,700 37San FranciscoD$1,394,500 38PinoleD$718,600 39Daly CityD$1,115,000 40San RafaelD$1,355,600 41MartinezD$859,800 42NovatoD−$1,032,500 43San LorenzoD−$847,100 44BerkeleyD−$1,413,900 45North Fair OaksD−$1,276,900 46HaywardF$854,400 47East Palo AltoF$1,102,600 48ConcordF$797,600 49OakleyF$660,200 50San LeandroF$844,200 51OaklandF$929,900 52AntiochF$629,700 53PittsburgF$597,900 54EmeryvilleF$604,800 55RichmondF$668,200 56AshlandF$775,800 57CherrylandF$668,800 58Bay PointF$525,000 59San PabloF$551,700

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Better than San Rafael on housing & affordability

San Rafael grades D on housing & affordability. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.

SuburbHousingMedian home valueOwnership rateOverall

Orinda20 mi from San RafaelB$1.86M91% 65 C+ Tamalpais-Homestead Valley7 mi from San RafaelB$1.86M85% 70 B− Lafayette22 mi from San RafaelB−$2.00M+77% 67 C+ Mill Valley5 mi from San RafaelB−$2.00M+66% 68 B− Moraga23 mi from San RafaelC+$1.66M83% 62 C Larkspur3 mi from San RafaelC−$2.00M47% 67 C+

Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Ownership rate: ACS 2020–24

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