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Folsom, CA vs San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA

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- Household income in San Buenaventura (Ventura), is 32% less than it is in Folsom and is 20% above the National Average.
- Folsom unemployment rate is 4.6%.
- San Buenaventura (Ventura) unemployment rate is 6.0%.
 Folsom, CASan Buenaventura (Ventura), CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock6.0%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.0%1.6%
 Future Job Growth37.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$51,261  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$86,718$69,021
 Family Median Income$152,414  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Folsom, CASan Buenaventura (Ventura), CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock7.4%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.3%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock5.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K3.3%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock5.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K3.8%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock9.9%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K10.2%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock19.6%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K17.2%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock11.7%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Folsom, CASan Buenaventura (Ventura), CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance25.0%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock8.0%6.5%
 Community, social services1.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.8%1.2%
 Education, library6.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock2.7%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology7.2%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock3.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.5%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock6.5%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.2%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.7%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support20.1%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.9%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.3%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock8.0%13.1%
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 San Buenaventura (Ventura)    28 Reviews

I have lived in Ventura for over 20 years, worked for over 30. While this was a nice town it has essentially turned into a worse place than LA, with a huge amount of  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here my entire life of 43 years. Ventura used to be very nice in the 80s and 90s, now it is an extension of Los Angeles in the worst way. Super overpriced  More

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I have lived in Ventura County since 2006 and that includes Port Hueneme, Oxnard, Camarillo, and Ventura. This city has a lot of friendly, down to earth people that seem  More

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