It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Folsom has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Folsom has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Folsom than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Folsom may be for you.
One downside of living in Folsom is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Folsom, the average commute to work is 34.78 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The citizens of Folsom are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.73% of adults in Folsom having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Folsom in 2022 was $25,142, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,568 for a family of four. However, Folsom contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Folsom is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Folsom home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Folsom residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Folsom also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.43% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Folsom include German, Irish, French, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Folsom is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
