home folk vs folks

home folk and folks both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
home folk	Yes	No	No	No
folks	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, folks is a hypernym of home folk; that is, folks is a word with a broader meaning than home folk:

Other hypernyms of home folk include common people, folk.

home folk (noun)	folks (noun)
folks from your own home town	your parents
	people in general (often used in the plural)