Arden-Arcade vs Folsom

A side-by-side comparison of Arden-Arcade and Folsom: population, income, housing, and more.

Arden-Arcade and Folsom are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arden-Arcade has the higher population (96,319 vs 82,140 in Folsom). Folsom has the higher median household income ($139,263 vs $71,767 in Arden-Arcade). Folsom has the higher median home value ($702,200 vs $504,400 in Arden-Arcade).

Population, income & housing

	Arden-Arcade	Folsom
Population	96,319	82,140
Median age	36.8 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,767	$139,263
Median home value	$504,400	$702,200
Median gross rent	$1,476	$2,279
Housing units	40,593	30,125
Homeownership rate	45.5%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arden-Arcade	Folsom
Population	102,864 → 96,319 (-6.4%)	78,159 → 82,140 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$50,501 → $71,767 (+42.1%)	$114,405 → $139,263 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$367,700 → $504,400 (+37.2%)	$524,100 → $702,200 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,476 (+36.7%)	$1,710 → $2,279 (+33.3%)

Arden-Arcade

Population

102,86496,319

Median household income

$50,501$71,767

Median home value

$367,700$504,400

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,476

Folsom

Population

78,15982,140

Median household income

$114,405$139,263

Median home value

$524,100$702,200

Median gross rent

$1,710$2,279

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Folsom
Under 5	6.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	16.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.0%
75 and over	7.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Folsom
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	55.4%
Black or African American	8.5%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	11.2%	19.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.2%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arden-Arcade	Folsom
No high school diploma	11.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	20.8%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Folsom
Drove alone	69.2%	61.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.7%
Public transit	1.6%	1.6%
Walked	1.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.2%	28.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Folsom
1-unit, detached	47.4%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	10.8%
20 or more units	20.6%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Arden-Arcade	Folsom
Poverty rate	18.5%	5.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1966	1996