Overall Sustainability Score
27
High Pressure
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
City • CA
San Francisco
This page summarizes financial pressure dynamics for San Francisco. Cost pressure is modeled as burden plus change minus offsets, then decomposed into standardized pressure components.
Sustainability Score
Latest Snapshot
2024-12-31
Scale direction: Sustainability Score 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure. Pressure Score 0 = low pressure, 100 = high pressure.
Trend
Increasing
National Percentile
4th
Weak
Higher percentile is better (less pressure than peers)
Local Narrative
What Is Driving Pressure In San Francisco
San Francisco currently has a sustainability score of 27 (High Pressure) with a increasing trend direction. National percentile is 4th (weak).
Top current component pressures are Tax Pressure (87, increasing) and Insurance Pressure (80, stable).
Compared with San Francisco County, San Francisco is 0.8 points higher on sustainability (lower overall pressure).
Pressure Components
Component Breakdown
Higher component score = higher pressure
INSURANCE_PRESSURE
Insurance Pressure
Pressure Score: 80 • Trend: Stable
High Pressure
Owner-cost burden proxy is 19.5% of income with 0.5% year-over-year movement.
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TAX_PRESSURE
Tax Pressure
Pressure Score: 87 • Trend: Increasing
High Pressure
Median real estate taxes are $9,862 with 4.8% year-over-year movement.
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UTILITY_PRESSURE
Utility Pressure
Pressure Score: 78 • Trend: Stable
High Pressure
Median gross rent proxy is $2,476 with 2.4% year-over-year movement.
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ESSENTIAL_INFLATION_PRESSURE
Essential Inflation Pressure
Pressure Score: 79 • Trend: Stable
High Pressure
Essential burden proxy (gross rent to income) is 21.1% with 2.7% year-over-year movement.
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INCOME_OFFSET
Income Offset
Pressure Score: 35 • Trend: Increasing
Moderate
Median household income is $140,970 with -0.3% year-over-year growth.
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