Ask five San Franciscans where Noe Valley ends and you get five answers. The MLS has one. Every home sold in the city is filed under one of 10 SFAR districts and one of 90 subdistricts, and that filing decides which sales count as its comps, which market reports it shows up in and how an agent searches for it.
The MLS Map Is the One That Prices Your Home
You might reasonably think neighborhood names are a matter of taste. For conversation, they are. For pricing, they are not. Appraisers, agents and the market reports we publish all start from MLS data, and MLS data is sorted by district and subdistrict. When we say a home sold above the neighborhood median, the "neighborhood" is almost always an MLS subdistrict.
Each of our neighborhood guides and condo building pages now shows where it sits on this map, so you can see which comps you are actually being measured against.
Your Name for the Neighborhood and the MLS Name Will Not Always Match
The Castro is filed under 5k, Eureka Valley/Dolores Heights. Dogpatch lives in 9j, Central Waterfront/Dogpatch. Jordan Park and Laurel Heights share 1c. None of this is wrong. It is just the MLS keeping one set of books for a city that has many sets of opinions.
Lines Get Redrawn
SFAR adjusts boundaries from time to time, and District 9 in particular has been redrawn before. The map above is the current version. If a sale from years ago looks like it is in the wrong subdistrict, it may have been filed under the old lines.
All 10 Districts and 90 Subdistricts
| District | Name | Subdistricts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwest | 1a Central Richmond, 1b Inner Richmond, 1c Jordan Park/Laurel Heights, 1d Lake Street, 1e Outer Richmond, 1f Sea Cliff, 1g Lone Mountain |
| 2 | Central West | 2a Golden Gate Heights, 2b Outer Parkside, 2c Outer Sunset, 2d Parkside, 2e Central Sunset, 2f Inner Sunset, 2g Inner Parkside |
| 3 | Southwest | 3a Lake Shore, 3b Merced Heights, 3c Pine Lake Park, 3d Stonestown, 3e Lakeside, 3f Merced Manor, 3g Ingleside Heights, 3h Ingleside, 3j Oceanview |
| 4 | Twin Peaks | 4a Balboa Terrace, 4b Diamond Heights, 4c Forest Hill, 4d Forest Knolls, 4e Ingleside Terraces, 4f Midtown Terrace, 4g St. Francis Wood, 4h Miraloma Park, 4j Forest Hill Extension, 4k Sherwood Forest, 4m Monterey Heights, 4n Mount Davidson Manor, 4p Westwood Highlands, 4r Westwood Park, 4s Sunnyside, 4t West Portal |
| 5 | Central | 5a Glen Park, 5b Haight Ashbury, 5c Noe Valley, 5d Twin Peaks, 5e Cole Valley/Parnassus Heights, 5f Buena Vista/Ashbury Heights, 5g Corona Heights, 5h Clarendon Heights, 5j Duboce Triangle, 5k Eureka Valley/Dolores Heights, 5m Mission Dolores |
| 6 | Central North | 6a Anza Vista, 6b Hayes Valley, 6c Lower Pacific Heights, 6d Western Addition, 6e Alamo Square, 6f North Panhandle |
| 7 | North | 7a Marina, 7b Pacific Heights, 7c Presidio Heights, 7d Cow Hollow |
| 8 | North-East | 8a Downtown, 8b Financial District/Barbary Coast, 8c Nob Hill, 8d North Beach, 8e Russian Hill, 8f Van Ness/Civic Center, 8g Telegraph Hill, 8h North Waterfront, 8j Tenderloin |
| 9 | Central East | 9a Bernal Heights, 9c Inner Mission, 9d Mission Bay, 9e Potrero Hill, 9f South of Market, 9g Yerba Buena, 9h South Beach, 9j Central Waterfront/Dogpatch, 9t Treasure Island (includes Yerba Buena Island) |
| 10 | Southeast | 10a Bayview, 10b Crocker Amazon, 10c Excelsior, 10d Outer Mission, 10e Visitacion Valley, 10f Portola, 10g Silver Terrace, 10h Mission Terrace, 10j Hunters Point, 10k Bayview Heights, 10m Candlestick Point, 10n Little Hollywood |
Why It Matters When You Buy or Sell
Two homes a block apart can sit in different subdistricts and get compared against different sets of sales. On a list price or an offer, that can matter. If a home you care about sits near a line, we will pull comps from both sides and tell you which ones the other agent is likely to use.
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