South San Francisco Demographic Information

South San Francisco Population

South San Francisco, CA has a population of 66,185 (2023) people with a median age of 42.3 and a median household income of $127,062. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of South San Francisco, CA declined from 66,331 to 65,596, a −1.11% decrease and its median household income grew from $112,818 to $127,062, a 12.6% increase.

The population of South San Francisco, CA is 43% Asian, 29% Hispanic, and 22% White. 51.9% of the people in South San Francisco, CA speak a non-English language, and 88.9% are U.S. citizens.

In 2022, the place with the highest median household income in South San Francisco, CA was Census Tract 6017 with a value of $173,333, followed by Census Tract 6025 and Census Tract 6023, with respective values of $159,712 and $155,345.

Housing

  • Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2022: 61.6%
  • Median gross rent, 2022: $2,649

Employment and Top Industries

  • Number of employees working in the City (2022): 36,600
  • Total accommodation and food services sales, 2017 ($1,000):539,176
  • Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000): 457.544
  • Total transportation and warehousing revenue, 2017 ($1,000):1,669,946
  • Total retail sales, 2017 ($1,000): 1,200,024
  • Total retail sales per capita, 2017: $17,908

The economy of South San Francisco, CA employs 36.6k people (2022). The largest industries in South San Francisco, CA are Health Care & Social Assistance (5,854 people), Retail Trade (4,392 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (4,047 people), and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($127,083), Management of Companies & Enterprises ($116,000), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($107,793).