Job growth projections remain strong. Read More about Folsom. The Sacramento area has a broad variety of recreational opportunities including water and mountain sports. Excellent skiing and many other recreational opportunities are a moderate day trip away. Professional sports teams, such as the NBA Kings, add to recreation and the overall economy, and the arts and culture scene is on the upswing. The climate through most of the year is an advantage, although summers can be uncomfortably hot.
While growth is an issue, the area is more family friendly than most California cities and does have several attractive family neighborhoods particularly along the US 50 corridor. Roseville is an overbuilt suburban town and hub to the rapidly growing northeastern suburbs in southwestern Placer County, while Arden-Arcade is an older inner suburb and commercial area a few miles east of downtown.
The metro area now also includes Yolo County, site of the excellent college town of Davis and the growing small residential towns of Woodland and Dixon. At Sacramento, located along the banks of the Sacramento River, the Central Valley is approximately 50 miles wide.
The terrain is completely flat. A few miles to the east, rolling terrain rises gradually to the 8,foot to 10,foot Sierra Nevada crest. Local natural vegetation is grassland; deciduous trees have been planted in the inhabited area. The Mediterranean Central Valley climate is mild with abundant sunshine most of the year.
Summer is dry with warm to hot afternoons and mostly mild nights. Most rain falls from November through March. Heavy snowfall and torrential winter rains fall on the western Sierra slopes and may produce flood conditions along the Sacramento River and its tributaries.
Winter brings sometimes heavy and persistent ground fog. Recent job growth is Positive. Folsom jobs have increased by 1. More Economy. More Voting Stats. Since , it has had a population growth of 9. Learn More This has been attributed to the closure of Folsom Dam Road in due to fears of it being a target for terrorism.
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Explore Map Activity. Add a new page. Though the sawmill did not work out, the Livermores soon realized that the natural force of running water could provide enough power to transmit to Sacramento , and the Folsom Powerhouse , now a National Historic Landmark , was opened. At the time it was opened, it had the longest overhead run of electricity 22 miles in the country. The powerhouse operated until Folsom Dam was built in , providing much-needed flood control and water rights for the Sacramento Valley.
The creation of this dam also created one of the most popular lakes in Northern California , Folsom Lake. The dam is located on the southwest corner of the lake. The lake is an estimated 4. Folsom is also home to the largest private employer in the Sacramento area, Intel.
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 34 square miles 88 km 2 , of which, Folsom is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The United States Census reported that Folsom had a population of 72, The population density was 2, The racial makeup of Folsom was 53, Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8, persons The Census reported that 65, people There were 24, households, out of which 9, There were 1, 4. The average household size was 2. There were 17, families The population was spread out with 17, people The median age was
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