Folsom has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26. Folsom has 2,072 jobs for 4,201 working residents. Only 3% work in Folsom itself; outside it, Philadelphia draws the most (22%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Folsom: the figures worth knowing
The better-paid jobs are outside Folsom
68% of Folsom residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Folsom pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Folsom and Philadelphia trade workers both ways
Philadelphia is the top workplace for Folsom residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Folsom come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Folsom residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Many jobs in Folsom pay little
26% of the jobs based in Folsom pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What Folsom’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Folsom, 2013 → 2023: 1,789 → 2,072. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Folsom’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Folsom to work: where people go
Where Folsom clocks in
22% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far it is to work from Folsom
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who commutes out of Folsom, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,088 residents head out to work, 113 work right here, and 1,959 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Folsom on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Folsom: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Folsom workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,809 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Next door to Folsom
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Folsom workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folsom | – | — | — | 26 min | $113,064 |
| Prospect Park | under 2% | B− | A+ | 22 min | $63,077 |
| Woodlyn | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Swarthmore | under 2% | A | A+ | 26 min | $152,361 |
| Ridley Park | under 2% | A | A | 27 min | $93,594 |
| Rutledge | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Springfield Township | 3% | A+ | A | 28 min | $138,205 |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodlyn: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Rutledge: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Springfield Township. Darker towns draw more of Folsom’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Folsom: questions
What is the median household income in Folsom?
$113,064 (±$10,509) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Folsom?
6.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Folsom?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Folsom work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (22%, 13 mi), Ridley Township (8%, 0 mi), Lower Merion Township (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Folsom without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Folsom, from the people who make the trip.
More of Folsom
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.