Citrus Heights vs Folsom

A side-by-side comparison of Citrus Heights and Folsom: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Citrus Heights has the higher population (87,036 vs 82,140 in Folsom). Folsom has the higher median household income ($139,263 vs $77,167 in Citrus Heights). Folsom has the higher median home value ($702,200 vs $432,100 in Citrus Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Citrus Heights	Folsom
Population	87,036	82,140
Median age	38.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,167	$139,263
Median home value	$432,100	$702,200
Median gross rent	$1,764	$2,279
Housing units	34,977	30,125
Homeownership rate	60.3%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Citrus Heights	Folsom
Population	87,373 → 87,036 (-0.4%)	78,159 → 82,140 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$62,276 → $77,167 (+23.9%)	$114,405 → $139,263 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$297,700 → $432,100 (+45.1%)	$524,100 → $702,200 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,764 (+40.0%)	$1,710 → $2,279 (+33.3%)

Citrus Heights

Population

87,37387,036

Median household income

$62,276$77,167

Median home value

$297,700$432,100

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,764

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)

	Citrus Heights	Folsom
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	17.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	16.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.0%
75 and over	7.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Citrus Heights	Folsom
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	55.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	4.2%	19.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Citrus Heights	Folsom
No high school diploma	9.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	26.4%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Citrus Heights	Folsom
Drove alone	71.0%	61.9%
Carpooled	9.4%	5.7%
Public transit	1.5%	1.6%
Walked	1.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.3%	28.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Citrus Heights	Folsom
1-unit, detached	58.6%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	10.8%
20 or more units	6.8%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Citrus Heights	Folsom
Poverty rate	9.8%	5.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1977	1996