Neighborhoods in rental listings

The average rent table shows the average rent for each neighborhood. The neighborhoods in that table may contain other neighborhoods from the real-estate standpoint of analyzing rental listings, so here is a clarification of where different neighborhoods fall into the list.

• Bernal Heights
  - Listings include only Bernal Heights rentals (this neighborhood is not on the map above, but it's located on a steep hill south of the Mission district).
• Castro
  - Includes Corona Heights, Upper Market, and Eureka Valley.
• Cole Valley
  - Includes Ashbury Heights, Parnassas Heights, and Buena Vista.
• Downtown
  - Separated from Nob Hill by California Street. Includes Civic Center, Union Square, Tenderloin, Theater district, and lower Polk. Does not include Financial District properties.
• Excelsior
  - Includes Sunnyside, Mission Terrace, and Portola.
• Glen Park
  - Does not contain any other areas.
• Hayes Valley
  - Not on the map above, it is the area west of Market street, across from the Civic Center, right near the Opera House. It extends west until Lower Haight begins.
• Hunter's Point
  - Includes Bayview and Silver Terrace.
• Ingleside
  - Includes Ocean View.
• Inner Sunset
  - Includes listings for UCSF.
• Laurel Heights
  - This neighborhood is located between the Presidio and the Richmond district, to the east of Seacliff. Includes Presidio Heights.
• Lower Haight
  - Includes Duboce Triangle and Mint Hill.
• Marina
  - Includes Cow Hollow.
• Mission
  - See map above.
• Nob Hill
  - See map above.
• Noe Valley
  - Includes Dolores Terrace, Dolores Heights, and Liberty Hill.
• North Beach
  - Includes Telegraph Hill and Chinatown (which rarely has rentals available).
• Pacific Heights
  - Includes Lower Pacific Heights.
• Potrero Hill
  - See 'Portero District' on map above.
• Presidio
  - Includes Seacliff.
• Richmond
  - Inner and Outer, includes Lake District, Lone Mountain and Jordan Park.
• Russian Hill
  - Includes Polk Gulch.
• SFSU (San Francisco State University)
  - On the map above, this area is around 'Stonestown'. This includes Parkmerced, Merced Manor, Croker Amazon, Lakeside, and Lakeshore.
• SOMA / South Beach
  - Many listing services combine South of Market and South Beach so they are combined here. Also includes Financial District.
• South Beach
  - Properties known to be in South Beach only. Includes Embarcadero.
• Sunset
  - Includes Parkside, Ocean Beach and mid-outer Sunset. Does not include Inner Sunset.
• Twin Peaks
  - Includes Mt. Davidson, Miraloma Park, Diamond Heights, Forest Hill, and Forest Knolls.
• Upper Haight
  - Represented by 'Haight-Ashbury' on the map above.
• Van Ness Corridor
  - All listings on Franklin and Gough, includes Cathedral Hill and Opera Plaza.
• Visitacion Valley
  - Includes Little Hollywood.
• West Portal
  - Includes St. Francis Woods.
• Western Addition
  - Includes Anza Vista, Panhandle, Alamo Square, Japantown, and USF.