Living in the Bay Area
It is a geographically and ethnically diverse metropolitan region that surrounds San Francisco Bay, United States. The Bay area has borders with Alameda County, Marin County, Contra Costa County, and San Mateo County.
The biggest industries in San Francisco County are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services, Health Care & Social Assistance, and Retail Trade. The most common jobs between people in San Francisco County are Management Occupations, Business & Financial Operations Occupations, and Sales & Related Occupations. But the best paid jobs by median earnings are Legal Occupations where the salary is $163,160 annually, Computer & Mathematical Occupations around $124,700 per year, and Computer, Engineering, & Science Occupations $117,330 per year. In general, the median annual family income is more than $112,000, which is more than the median annual income of $61,937 across the entire United States.
The largest universities are San Francisco State University, University of San Francisco , and City College of San Francisco according to the number of degrees awarded. The median tuition costs are $36,100 for private four year colleges, and $17,622 respectively, for public four year colleges.
The median property value in San Francisco County rose to $1.2M from the previous year’s value of $1.1M. In this county, 38% of the population has a home ownership, which is lower than the national average of 64%.