San Francisco County, CA: 14 findings, 5 at a watch level and 9 noted

14 findings fired for San Francisco County, CA this run, against a typical home value of $1,424,486 in August 2026 and covered employment of 704,926 in 2026 Q1. 2 further findings are not listed here.

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12 findings #

currentretrieved 2026-10-02

  1. watchSan Francisco County, CA's typical asking rent is +25.2% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical asking rent at least 8 percent above a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZORI; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • test: rent.yoyPct = 25.217054019678297 >= 8

    arithmetic on Zillow ZORI; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level

  2. watchSan Francisco County, CA's price-to-rent ratio of 25.4 ranks 79th of 1,399 US counties, a watch level here: price-to-rent in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both ZHVI and ZORI this month; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • test: priceToRent percentile = 94.4206008583691 >= 90
    • typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month

    position among the counties that published both ZHVI and ZORI this month; not an official level

  3. watchSan Francisco County, CA's price-to-rent ratio is 25.4, a watch level here: typical home value worth 25 or more years of typical rent (typical home value / (typical rent × 12), Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • test: priceToRent = 25.35123359467714 >= 25
    • typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month

    typical home value / (typical rent × 12), Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level

  4. watchSan Francisco County, CA's typical asking rent rose 3.3% from $4,534 in July 2026 to $4,682 in August 2026, on Zillow ZORI.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • +3.3% = (4682.499558887302 - 4534.2433528585025) / 4534.2433528585025 × 100
    • 4682.499558887302 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
    • 4534.2433528585025 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-07

  5. watchSan Francisco County, CA's years of wages of 6.8 scores 86 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 37 across California counties, a gap of 50 points.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • 50 = |86 across US counties - 37 across California counties|
    • typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household

    position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level

  6. noteSan Francisco County, CA's typical home value rose 1.7% from $1,400,052 in July 2026 to $1,424,486 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • +1.7% = (1424485.6814918958 - 1400051.593970657) / 1400051.593970657 × 100
    • 1424485.6814918958 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
    • 1400051.593970657 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07

  7. noteSan Francisco County, CA's typical home value of +13.6% ranks 1st of 58 California counties, against a median of +0.3%.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 58 California counties that published home.yoyPct

    position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level

  8. noteSan Francisco County, CA's typical asking rent of $4,682 ranks 1st of 49 California counties, against a median of $2,340.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 49 California counties that published rent.latest

    position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level

  9. noteSan Francisco County, CA's typical asking rent of $4,682 ranks 3rd of 1,399 US counties, against a median of $1,496.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 1399 US counties that published rent.latest

    position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level

  10. noteSan Francisco County, CA's typical home value of $1,424,486 ranks 9th of 3,063 US counties, against a median of $234,566.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3063 US counties that published home.latest

    position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level

  11. noteSan Francisco County, CA's typical home value of +13.6% ranks 32nd of 3,063 US counties, against a median of +2.9%.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • 99 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3063 US counties that published home.yoyPct

    position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level

  12. noteSan Francisco County, CA's typical home value of $1,424,486 ranks 4th of 58 California counties, against a median of $500,264.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • 95 on the 0-to-100 scale across 58 California counties that published home.latest

    position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level

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Sources #

  • publishedZillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    County_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_month.csv · period 2026-08 · retrieved 2026-10-02
  • estimateZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-02 · typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
  • estimateQuarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-02 · typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
  • publishedZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    County_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv · period 2026-08 · retrieved 2026-10-02
  • estimateZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-02 · month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns
  • publishedQuarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsopen the source
    area 06075, all ownerships, all industries · period 2026-Q1 · retrieved 2026-10-02
  • estimateZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-02 · momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)
  • estimateZillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-02 · month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns

Citations

  • Zillow Research. Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI). series County_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_month.csv. period 2026-08. https://files.zillowstatic.com/research/public_csvs/zori/County_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_month.csv. accessed 2026-10-02.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). https://www.zillow.com/research/data/. accessed 2026-10-02. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month.
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. https://www.bls.gov/cew/. accessed 2026-10-02. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). series County_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv. period 2026-08. https://files.zillowstatic.com/research/public_csvs/zhvi/County_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv. accessed 2026-10-02.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). https://www.zillow.com/research/data/. accessed 2026-10-02. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns.
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. series area 06075, all ownerships, all industries. period 2026-Q1. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/06075.csv. accessed 2026-10-02.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). https://www.zillow.com/research/data/. accessed 2026-10-02. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%).
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI). https://www.zillow.com/research/data/. accessed 2026-10-02. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns.

What these numbers are not

  • The newest BLS QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, only the over-the-year percent change BLS publishes itself. Every employment and wage comparison here states that published change; none of them is a move from one level to another, because the two levels are not both in the file.
  • A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank across the entities that published the metric this period: the smallest published value scores 0 and the largest scores 100. It is not the share of entities below the value, and entities that did not publish the metric are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
  • The named indicators shown beside this brief are national or basin-level series, not measurements of San Francisco County, CA; none is at a watch or alert level. They are context.
  • Water rows are everything within 75 km of this place's internal point (150 km for reservoirs), not everything inside its boundary: lib/water searches discs, and every row prints its own distance.
  • Server report: satellite turbidity is only computed in a browser, so that term is absent here.
  • Stress uses 2 of 4 terms (drought, quality); missing terms are left out, not assumed.
  • Groundwater has no trend term: one latest level cannot say whether an aquifer is being drawn down.
  • Obligations are what agencies committed in FY2026 by place of performance: not outlays, and not the recipient's own location.
  • FY2026 closed 2 days ago; agencies report with up to a 45-day lag, so totals are still filling in.
  • Positions are ZIP or city centroids of the registered business address, not building footprints.
  • Sector and ETF names are a stated convention (lib/companies/sectors.ts), not classification by MSCI/S&P and not advice.
  • The indicator block is the NATIONAL set, filtered only by lens. None of these series is keyed to this place: they are United States, gauge, single-state or port series and they are shown as context, not as this place's own readings.

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