Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Folsom’s best subject grade is an A− for the outdoors; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Only 16 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on walkability. 15% of the land in Folsom is conserved, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Folsom's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 92% of U.S. towns. Jacobus Evangelical Lutheran Church is on the National Register of Historic Places. Folsom has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Folsom is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 232 in 1910, 1,811 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 5 maps from 1890 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Folsom, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Folsom.
Folsom beats the New Jersey average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 18% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Folsom, above New Jersey’s towns (16%) but below U.S. towns (23%). 29% of adults have obesity in Folsom.
| Folsom | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Folsom | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.4% | 14.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.1% | 11.3% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.9% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Folsom Borough School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folsom Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 375 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Folsom has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1.1 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Folsom is 0.1 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 65% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Folsom since 1981.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Folsom for work: only 6% work in town. Folsom’s average trip to work is 34 minutes. Since 2013, Folsom has added 415 jobs, to 996 in 2023.
| Folsom | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 8.5% | 16% | 11% |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.3% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
93% of Folsom households own their home.
| Folsom | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 93% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,705 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Folsom. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw28 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw29 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw31 mi MuseumEastern State PenitentiaryPine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Folsom
About 3 of every 100 Folsom residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Borough in Atlantic County, New Jersey, US
Folsom is a borough in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Geographically, the city, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region and of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,811, a decrease of 74 (−3.9%) from the 2010 census count of 1,885, which in turn reflected a decline of 87 (−4.4%) from the 1,972 counted in the 2000 census. Folsom was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 23, 1906, from portions of Buena Vista Township. The borough was named for Frances Folsom, wife …
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3 towns share a border with Folsom.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folsom | — | — | C | — | C+ | B+ |
| Buena Vista Township | #415 | D | C− | — | D | B− |
| Newtonville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hammonton | #338 | C+ | D− | B | B− | B+ |
Folsom has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Folsom and Buena Vista Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Newtonville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Folsom with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
The typical home is worth about $274,000, 52% below the New Jersey typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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