City safety & data profile

FolsomCA

Folsom, CA is a 76K-resident city in Sacramento County with a median household income of $139,804.

Sacramento County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Folsom, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Folsom has a population larger than 89% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $755,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

76K
Population (place)
Top 11%
By size
$139,804
Median income (place)
$755,200
Median home (place)
5.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Folsom

Folsom posts a median household income higher than 90% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Folsom area.

Top 10%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Folsom

Where Folsom income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$139,804 Top 10% higher than 90% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Folsom $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Folsom, CA beyond the headline numbers

Folsom sits inside Sacramento County, California, at roughly 38.68°N, -121.18°W. Population 76,375, $139,804 median household income. Median home value $755,200, median rent $2,352. Poverty rate 5.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Folsom, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 5.3% of Folsom, CA residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Folsom costs around 5.4 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

31% of Folsom workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, physical inactivity departs furthest from its peer median: 15.5% in Folsom, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Folsom from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
76,375
Folsom · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$139,804
+56% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$755,200
+83% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Sacramento County): Folsom's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.6M+11%
Median Income
$92,175+67%
Median Home Value
$534,200+128%
Poverty Rate
12.5%-29%
Unemployment
6.7%-51%

Economics

Economics indicators for Folsom, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,352/mo
Poverty Rate
5.3% -57% vs avg
Unemployment 6.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 54.9%
Work From Home 31%
Public Transit 1.6%

Population

White 58.4%
African American 5.4%
Asian 20%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
34.8%
High Blood Pressure
27.8%
Obesity
26.1%
Binge Drinking
15.6%
Physical Inactivity
15.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.1%
Current Asthma
9.5%
Current Smoking
8.9%
Diabetes
8.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 70.5%
Annual Checkup 71%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
5.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.7%
Stroke
2.5%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
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Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM
FOLSOM · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Folsom?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Folsom right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-FOLSOM · Folsom

Folsom: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Folsom; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Folsom, CA? ▼
Folsom, CA has a population of 76,375 people, located in Sacramento County, California.
What is the median household income in Folsom? ▼
The median household income in Folsom, CA is $139,804 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 5.3%.
What is the median home value in Folsom? ▼
The median home value in Folsom, CA is $755,200. Median rent is $2,352/month.
What are the top health concerns in Folsom? ▼
The top health indicators in Folsom include Short Sleep Duration (34.8%), High Blood Pressure (27.8%), Obesity (26.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Folsom? ▼
Folsom has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Folsom? ▼
The median age in Folsom, CA is 41 years. 54.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Folsom, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (5.3% here).

Gilbert, AZ 5.3% Woodbury, MN 5.3% Shawnee, KS 5.3% Noblesville, IN 5.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($139,804 here).

Secaucus, NJ $139,821 Weston, FL $139,825 Kenmore, WA $139,764 Elkridge, MD $139,913

Compare Folsom with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Orangevale, CA 34K Granite Bay, CA 20K El Dorado Hills, CA 42K Fair Oaks, CA 31K Citrus Heights, CA 87K Rocklin, CA 61K Roseville, CA 130K Rancho Cordova, CA 71K
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Using Folsom's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Folsom area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Folsom against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Sacramento County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.