Folsom vs Sacramento

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

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

Sacramento has the higher population (524,802 vs 82,140 in Folsom). Folsom has the higher median household income ($139,263 vs $83,753 in Sacramento). Folsom has the higher median home value ($702,200 vs $484,600 in Sacramento).

Population, income & housing

	Folsom	Sacramento
Population	82,140	524,802
Median age	40.4 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$139,263	$83,753
Median home value	$702,200	$484,600
Median gross rent	$2,279	$1,694
Housing units	30,125	210,621
Homeownership rate	69.0%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.7%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Folsom	Sacramento
Population	78,159 → 82,140 (+5.1%)	500,930 → 524,802 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$114,405 → $139,263 (+21.7%)	$62,335 → $83,753 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$524,100 → $702,200 (+34.0%)	$336,900 → $484,600 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,710 → $2,279 (+33.3%)	$1,263 → $1,694 (+34.1%)

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

Sacramento

Population

500,930524,802

Median household income

$62,335$83,753

Median home value

$336,900$484,600

Median gross rent

$1,263$1,694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Folsom	Sacramento
Under 5	5.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	17.8%
35 to 44	15.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	16.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.5%
75 and over	5.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Folsom	Sacramento
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	30.2%
Black or African American	5.0%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	19.4%	19.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	1.7%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.2%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	29.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Folsom	Sacramento
No high school diploma	5.4%	13.1%
High school graduate	13.3%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Folsom	Sacramento
Drove alone	61.9%	65.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.0%
Public transit	1.6%	1.9%
Walked	1.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.4%
Worked from home	28.6%	17.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Folsom	Sacramento
1-unit, detached	71.7%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	13.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Folsom	Sacramento
Poverty rate	5.3%	14.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1996	1976