Brookhaven vs Folsom

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

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

Folsom has the higher population (8,298 vs 8,288 in Brookhaven). Folsom has the higher median household income ($100,544 vs $96,393 in Brookhaven). Folsom has the higher median home value ($268,500 vs $265,500 in Brookhaven).

Population, income & housing

	Brookhaven	Folsom
Population	8,288	8,298
Median age	43.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$96,393	$100,544
Median home value	$265,500	$268,500
Median gross rent	$1,557	$1,421
Housing units	3,864	3,165
Homeownership rate	86.6%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookhaven	Folsom
Population	8,038 → 8,288 (+3.1%)	8,913 → 8,298 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$68,110 → $96,393 (+41.5%)	$87,500 → $100,544 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$200,800 → $265,500 (+32.2%)	$203,100 → $268,500 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,282 → $1,557 (+21.5%)	$1,317 → $1,421 (+7.9%)

Brookhaven

Population

8,0388,288

Median household income

$68,110$96,393

Median home value

$200,800$265,500

Median gross rent

$1,282$1,557

Folsom

Population

8,9138,298

Median household income

$87,500$100,544

Median home value

$203,100$268,500

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,421

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookhaven	Folsom
Under 5	5.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.7%	20.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	15.1%	17.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	18.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.2%
75 and over	8.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookhaven	Folsom
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	93.4%
Black or African American	8.1%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookhaven	Folsom
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	29.3%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookhaven	Folsom
Drove alone	78.9%	77.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.3%	4.2%
Walked	2.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.2%	6.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookhaven	Folsom
1-unit, detached	55.4%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	17.9%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	6.6%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Brookhaven	Folsom
Poverty rate	3.4%	10.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1969	1957