Flood damage repair cost in San Francisco: what owners paid (2023 survey)
San Francisco owners paid a median $14,000 for flood damage repairs, the lowest of 3 big metros (Census Bureau, 2023).
What San Francisco owners paid
$14,000
This is historical spending: work done in about 2021 to 2023 on owner-occupied homes, reported in the 2023 survey.
Margin of error ±$6,188: at 90% confidence the San Francisco median lies between $7,812 and $20,188.
How San Francisco compares
- U.S. median, same work
- Not published
- Rank, highest first
- 3 of 3
San Francisco: $14,000. The lowest of the big metros.
12 of the 15 metros have no published figure for this work, so the rank counts the other 3.
- Boston$22,000
- Phoenix$22,000
- San Francisco$14,000
No published figure: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Riverside, Seattle, Washington DC.
What it covers
Repairs after flood damage, from drying out a room to replacing floors and walls.
The Census category is “Flood” within “Disaster Repairs”: what San Francisco-area homeowners told the Census Bureau they paid, every size of job together.
Before you compare quotes
Ask every contractor to price the same scope, in writing. What damage is documented and which specialist work is outside the written quote?
Then put the quotes in your project budget worksheet to see each one's scope beside its price.