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Folsom, CA vs Lancaster, CA

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- Lancaster is 0% more densely populated than Folsom.
- People are 23.4% less likely to be married in Lancaster.
- The Median Age is 7.0 years younger in Lancaster.
 Folsom, CALancaster, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock171,820329,725,481
 Female Population49.1%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.9%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock33.338.4
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 Population - 201072,133  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock118,718285,036,114
 Population - 199029,802  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock31.3%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now177.6%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,822.493.4
 Land Area27.8  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.3264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Folsom, CALancaster, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.3%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock7.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 147.8%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock4.9%3.9%
 Age 18 to 202.8%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock4.8%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3411.3%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock13.8%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5417.6%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.3%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.6%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock6.6%9.6%
 Age 75 to 843.6%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.0%1.9%
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 Race
 Folsom, CALancaster, CAUnited States
 White55.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock20.0%12.2%
 Asian17.7%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.3%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.5%0.4%
 Two or More Races5.0%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock44.8%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Folsom, CALancaster, CAUnited States
 Married Population57.2%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock41.5%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.4%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock56.2%50.2%
 Never Married28.1%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock8.7%10.8%
 Widowed3.9%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock3.152.60
 Households27,275  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock38,25680,755,759
     Married couple, w/children43.7%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock29.9%42.9%
 Non Family Households7,369  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock22.3%15.8%
     Single householder, no children7.5%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

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

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Over 12 years ago

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

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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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Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 7 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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