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Folsom, CA vs Pacific Grove, CA

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- Pacific Grove is 0% more densely populated than Folsom.
- People are 5.2% less likely to be married in Pacific Grove.
- The Median Age is 7.7 years older in Pacific Grove.
 Folsom, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock15,169329,725,481
 Female Population49.1%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.9%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock4838.4
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 Population - 201072,133  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock15,522285,036,114
 Population - 199029,802  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock-1.4%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now177.6%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock5,305.793.4
 Land Area27.8  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock1.1264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Folsom, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.3%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock6.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 147.8%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.4%3.9%
 Age 18 to 202.8%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock2.4%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3411.3%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock10.2%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5417.6%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock7.1%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.6%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock16.3%9.6%
 Age 75 to 843.6%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock3.1%1.9%
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 Race
 Folsom, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 White55.9%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock0.7%12.2%
 Asian17.7%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.3%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.2%0.4%
 Two or More Races5.0%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock11.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Folsom, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Married Population57.2%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock52.6%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.4%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock45.7%50.2%
 Never Married28.1%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock13.4%10.8%
 Widowed3.9%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.212.60
 Households27,275  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock3,88580,755,759
     Married couple, w/children43.7%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock53.3%42.9%
 Non Family Households7,369  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock9.5%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 Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 19 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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