Folsom vs Ridley Park

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

Folsom and Ridley Park 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 7,245 in Ridley Park). Folsom has the higher median household income ($100,544 vs $94,485 in Ridley Park). Folsom has the higher median home value ($268,500 vs $261,900 in Ridley Park).

Population, income & housing

	Folsom	Ridley Park
Population	8,298	7,245
Median age	38.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,544	$94,485
Median home value	$268,500	$261,900
Median gross rent	$1,421	$1,361
Housing units	3,165	3,233
Homeownership rate	79.3%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Folsom	Ridley Park
Population	8,913 → 8,298 (-6.9%)	7,048 → 7,245 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $100,544 (+14.9%)	$83,802 → $94,485 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$203,100 → $268,500 (+32.2%)	$202,000 → $261,900 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,317 → $1,421 (+7.9%)	$988 → $1,361 (+37.8%)

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

Ridley Park

Population

7,0487,245

Median household income

$83,802$94,485

Median home value

$202,000$261,900

Median gross rent

$988$1,361

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Folsom	Ridley Park
Under 5	4.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	11.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	17.9%
35 to 44	17.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.3%
75 and over	6.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Folsom	Ridley Park
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	84.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Folsom	Ridley Park
No high school diploma	5.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	32.7%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Folsom	Ridley Park
Drove alone	77.0%	72.8%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.3%
Public transit	4.2%	1.9%
Walked	1.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	13.0%
Other means	1.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Folsom	Ridley Park
1-unit, detached	61.6%	44.9%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	24.2%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	15.0%
20 or more units	7.7%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Folsom	Ridley Park
Poverty rate	10.3%	5.4%
Average household size	2.75	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1957	1955