In San Francisco, $104K is 'low' income: California housing department

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$104,400 classes as a 'low' income for a single-person household in San Francisco, California's housing department says

, the department outlined various income bands for different sized households, based on data the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, which in turn used estimates from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

In San Francisco County, the median income for a one-person household is listed as $122,500, per California's housing department. Making $18,400 a year is an"acutely low" income, $39,150 is"extremely low," $65,350 is"very low," and $104,400 is"low." For a two-person household, $119,300 is a"low" income, rising to $134,200 for a household with three people and $149,100 for four.

The department lists median incomes as $140,000 for a two-person household, $157,500 for three, $175,000 for four, and $189,000 for five. Marin County, which is directly north of San Francisco County, and San Mateo County, to the south, both have the same income limits. Santa Clara County, which is south of San Mateo County and includes San Jose, Stanford University, Google's main Mountain View campus, and parts of Palo Alto, has a higher median income for a one-person household of $126,900, but a lower"low" income of $96,000.

 

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