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Folsom, CA vs Placerville, CA

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- The average commute for residents of Placerville is 0.4% longer than it is for residents of Folsom.
- 43.5% fewer residents of Placerville work from home compared to residents of Folsom.
 Folsom, CAPlacerville, CAUnited States
 Commute Time  Unlock2727
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 Commute Mode
 Folsom, CAPlacerville, CAUnited States
 Auto (alone)67.6%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock10.1%8.6%
 Mass Transit1.4%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock0.0%0.5%
 Walk1.5%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock12.4%9.7%
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 Folsom, CAPlacerville, CAUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.1.9%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock12.1%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.14.5%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock17.9%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.15.8%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock4.0%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.12.3%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock4.8%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.4.8%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock12.6%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.3.7%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock3.2%2.9%
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 Placerville    6 Reviews

We've lived in PV for over 20 years, having moved from the LA area. We chose to move here while working with the intent on retiring here and commuted to Sacramento to  More

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Over 12 years ago

We have built our retirement home here completed in 2013. Still a few years away from moving in (kid's college & weddings) but we are really looking forward to it. We  More

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Over 17 years ago

Placerville is a Republican Island in a Blue State- all of the politics are dominated by San Francisco and L.A. limosine liberals, and how they vote controls state  More

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