| Elk Grove, CA | Folsom, CA | United States |
Overall | 127.2 | 127.2 | 100 |
Food & Groceries | 106.2 | 108.3 | 100 |
Health | 104.0 | 104.0 | 100 |
Housing | 193.4 | 234.8 | 100 |
Median Home Cost | $597,800 | $723,000 | $338,100 |
Utilities | 9,540.0% | 10,450.0% | 10,000.0% |
Transportation | 128.0 | 117.4 | 100 |
Miscellaneous | 129.2 | 129.3 | 100 |
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Elk Grove 15 Reviews
I grew up in the area around Elk Grove and it was a very small rural town up to the year 2000. We moved to ELk grove in 2009 and commuted to work in Sacramento. At More
Elk Grove is a very diverse city. A long time ago it use to be very white. Now the white population is about 40%, then next majority race are Asian, then Hispanic, More
Our neighborhood is o.k. but it is expensive to live here and the air is oppressive during the summer when it gets hot for a week or more. Days over 95 and nights of 75. More
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Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like More
Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude. More
I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog More
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