What is the population of Folsom city?

Folsom city has 82,140 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #106 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Folsom city?

Median household income in Folsom city is $139,263 a year, 77.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Folsom city?

Median gross rent is $2,279 a month and the median home value is $702,200, so rent absorbs about 19.6% of median household income.

Is Folsom city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Folsom city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Folsom, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Folsom, California (Folsom, CA — Census place “Folsom city”) is 82,140 residents, ranking #106 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $139,263, the median home is worth $702,200 and median gross rent runs $2,279 a month. Looking for the Folsom California ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Folsom, CA: 95630, 95671.

Population: 82,140Folsom city residents
Median household income: $139,263Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $702,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,279Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69%Owner-occupied households

Folsom ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Folsom.

The Folsom CA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Folsom city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Folsom city median would spend about 19.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.3% of residents and 69% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Folsom city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Folsom city is a small city in California, with 82,140 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #106 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 40.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Folsom city earn a median of $139,263 a year, 77.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 53% above the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 5.3% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Folsom city is valued at $702,200, 131.4% above the national figure and 19% above the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,279 a month, 62.1% above the national figure, or roughly $27,348 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 69% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Folsom city?: Folsom city has 82,140 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #106 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Folsom city?: Median household income in Folsom city is $139,263 a year, 77.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Folsom city?: Median gross rent is $2,279 a month and the median home value is $702,200, so rent absorbs about 19.6% of median household income.
Is Folsom city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Folsom city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Folsom city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.