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Folly Beach, SC

1,020 Population
12.5 square miles 81.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 38 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$61,847 ±$20,250 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $44,457 ±$821
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $36,072 ±$266
$88,424 ±$39,489 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $77,460 ±$1,291
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Carolina: $63,623 ±$486

16.7% ±13.9% (170  ±151) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 11.9% 93,435 (±0.6% / ±4,877)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.4% 717,849 (±0.2% / ±11,836)

26.9 minutes ±22.1 (9,405  ±4,459) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 27.1 9,711,435 (±0.3 / ±155,082)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.5 54,759,448 (±0.1 / ±395,881)

Families

641 ±196 Number of households
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 318,484 ±1,839
  • South Carolina: 2,023,085 ±5,487
1.6 ±0.7 (1,020  ±306) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 2.5 786,650 (±0 / ±201)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,004,353

16.7% ±27.4% (14  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 5.6% † 10,932 (±0.7% / ±1,258)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 62,830 (±0.2% / ±2,492)

Housing

2,242 ±240 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 362,156 ±121
  • South Carolina: 2,362,253 ±501

$652,800 ±$143,203 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: $317,300 ±$4,613
  • more than double the amount in South Carolina: $216,200 ±$1,122

12.3% ±10.3% (124  ±110) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 15% 119,539 (±0.6% / ±4,924.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.5% 686,178 (±0.2% / ±10,988)

Social

96.6% ±38.6% (953  ±,256.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 91.7% 513,632 (±1.1% / ±6,267.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 89.3% 3,174,118 (±0.4% / ±15,315.5)
43.6% ±10.8% (430  ±,165.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 39% 218,369 (±0.7% / ±3,875.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 30.6% 1,088,770 (±0.3% / ±9,317.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

10.9% ±5.5% (108  ±63) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area: 10.6% 65,258 (±0.4% / ±2,268)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.7% 349,900 (±0.1% / ±4,262)
108 Total veterans ±63 99 Male ±62 9 Female ±13

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