Relationship between population density and change in move-outs for S.F. ZIP codes

San Franciscans were more likely to leave denser ZIP codes during the first part of the pandemic.

A scatterplot showing the relationship between ZIP code population density and the increase in move-outs from 2019 to 2020.

Source: USPS

ZIP codes with fewer than 100 change-of-address requests in 2019 were not included. Data includes change-of-address requests from March-November 2019 and 2020.