Work & commute · Folsom

Work & commute in Folsom, CA

About one in 5 of Folsom’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (17%), Rancho Cordova (7%) and Roseville (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

7,270 of 34,799 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27,529 Folsom residents head out of town to work, 7,270 work right here, and 36,607 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Folsom.

27,529live here, work elsewhere

7,270live and work here

36,607work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Folsom goes to work

Folsom (in town)right here

21%7,270

Sacramento18.9 mi away

17%5,932

Rancho Cordova8 mi away

7%2,286

Roseville11.9 mi away

6%2,067

El Dorado Hills5.1 mi away

3%1,216

San Francisco121.4 mi away

3%892

Arden-Arcade13.9 mi away

2%733

Carmichael10.2 mi away

1%453

San Jose101.5 mi away

1%442

West Sacramento23.3 mi away

1%439

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%13,069

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Folsom commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

39%

35%

23%

39%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Folsom is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Folsom are

43,877 jobs are based in Folsom. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Folsom’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Folsom

43,877 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Folsom residents hold

34,799 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+28%

Jobs based in Folsom, 2013 → 2023: 34,330 → 43,877. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.