Folsom vs Pearl River

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

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

Pearl River has the higher population (2,614 vs 722 in Folsom). Pearl River has the higher median household income ($60,521 vs $46,094 in Folsom). Folsom has the higher median home value ($269,600 vs $229,200 in Pearl River).

Population, income & housing

	Folsom	Pearl River
Population	722	2,614
Median age	45.6 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,094	$60,521
Median home value	$269,600	$229,200
Median gross rent	$579	$1,056
Housing units	412	1,130
Homeownership rate	73.9%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Folsom	Pearl River
Population	981 → 722 (-26.4%)	2,579 → 2,614 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$44,464 → $46,094 (+3.7%)	$56,061 → $60,521 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$163,700 → $269,600 (+64.7%)	$180,300 → $229,200 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $579 (-37.2%)	$966 → $1,056 (+9.3%)

Folsom

Population

981722

Median household income

$44,464$46,094

Median home value

$163,700$269,600

Median gross rent

$922$579

Pearl River

Population

2,5792,614

Median household income

$56,061$60,521

Median home value

$180,300$229,200

Median gross rent

$966$1,056

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Folsom	Pearl River
Under 5	1.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	9.6%	21.6%
18 to 24	3.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	15.4%
35 to 44	24.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	7.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	23.3%	17.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.7%
75 and over	10.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Folsom	Pearl River
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	89.9%
Black or African American	16.5%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Folsom	Pearl River
No high school diploma	20.4%	14.6%
High school graduate	31.2%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Folsom	Pearl River
Drove alone	70.8%	73.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	19.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.7%
Other means	14.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Folsom	Pearl River
1-unit, detached	73.8%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Folsom	Pearl River
Poverty rate	10.7%	15.7%
Average household size	2.02	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	38	33
Median year structure built	1997	1993