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POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Folly Beach, SC Charleston, SC (Bay St/Market St), Charleston, SC (Broad St/Rutledge Ave), Charleston, SC (City Center), Charleston, SC (Harbor View Rd/Fort Johnson Rd), Charleston, SC (Palmer College/James Island Expy), Charleston, SC (Sam Rittenberg Blvd/Old Towne Rd), Charleston, SC (South Windermire), Mount Pleasant, SC (Hobcaw Point/Scanlonville), Mount Pleasant, SC (The Groves), Sullivan'S Island, SC
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| MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE | $631,011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RENTAL PRICE | very high cost relative to SC, very high cost relative to the nation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| THE SETTING | Suburban (based on population density), coastal |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Single-family homes, some Small apartment buildings, some Complexes/high rise apartments, some Rowhouses & attached homes, a few Mobile homes |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Small dwellings (1, 2 or no bedrooms), a few Large dwellings (4, 5 or more bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), some Established but not old (Built 1970 - 1994), some Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later), a few Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier) |
| HOME OWNERSHIP | Mixed owners & renters |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | mostly Nautical, Urban Sophisticates, Artsy/funky |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | mostly Mixed ages, some College students (people currently attending college), some Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Seniors (people 65 and over), some Families with children (family households with school-aged children) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 10 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Upper middle income (well-above average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Sales & Service workers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Manufacturing & Laborers, some Government employees |
| ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY | mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Italian ancestry, some Hispanic |
| LANGUAGES | mostly English speaking, some Spanish speaking, some French speaking |
School Rating Information
CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT School District
42,970 Students enrolled in District
| DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
8 |
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| Better than: of SC school districts |
78.8% |
DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO U.S. (10 is best) |
1 |
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| Better than: of US school districts |
1.2% |
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM |
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| 13 |
| STATE AVERAGE 15 |
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)
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| PROFICIENT IN READING & MATH |
PROFICIENT IN READING |
PROFICIENT IN MATH |
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| SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT | GRADES |
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| A C CORCORAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 8585 VISTAVIA RD, N. CHARLESTON, SC 29406 (843) 764-2218 |
PK-05 |
| ACADEMIC MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL 1525 AVENUE B. SOUTH, NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405 (843) 724-7290 |
09-12 |
| ALICE BIRNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL 7750 PINEHURST ST, CHARLESTON, SC 29420 (843) 764-2215 |
06-08 |
| ANGEL OAK ELEMENTARY 6134 CHISOLM ROAD, JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455 (843) 559-6412 |
PK-05 |
| ASHLEY RIVER CREATIVE ARTS 1871 WALLACE SCHOOL RD, CHARLESTON, SC 29407 (843) 763-1555 |
KG-05 |
| BAPTIST HILL HIGH 5117 BAPTIST HILL RD., YONGES ISLAND, SC 29494 (843) 889-2276 |
09-12 |
| BELLE HALL ELEMENTARY 385 EGYPT STREET, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 (843) 849-2841 |
PK-05 |
| BRENTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL 2685 LEEDS AVENUE, CHARLESTON HGTS, SC 29405 (843) 745-7094 |
06-08 |
| BUIST ACADEMY 103 CALHOUN STREET, CHARLESTON, SC 29401 (843) 724-7750 |
KG-08 |
| BURKE HIGH 244 PRESIDENT ST, CHARLESTON, SC 29403 (843) 724-7784 |
07-12 |
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| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 40.8 | 54.0 |
| BLACK (%) | 53.2 | 40.3 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 50.8 | 51.5 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $5,554 | $238,664,000 | 49.0 |
| SUPPORT EXPENDITURES | |||
| STUDENT | $532 | $22,841,000 | 4.7 |
| STAFF | $585 | $25,121,000 | 5.2 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $267 | $11,485,000 | 2.4 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $565 | $24,272,000 | 5.0 |
| OPERATION | $969 | $41,628,000 | 8.6 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $367 | $15,749,000 | 3.2 |
| OTHER | $271 | $11,624,000 | 2.4 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $3,554 | $152,720,000 | 31.4 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $2,214 | $95,145,000 | 19.6 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $11,323 | $486,529,000 | 100.0 |
Folly Beach EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT  |
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| ADULTS IN Folly Beach WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 50.8 |
| CHILDREN IN Folly Beach LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 8.7 |
Folly Beach Appreciation Rates
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| PERIOD | TOTAL APPRECIATION | AVG. ANNUAL RATE | COMPARED TO SC* |
COMPARED TO AMERICA* |
| Since 1990 |  481.65%
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25.35%
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About Folly Beach
Folly Beach is a very small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,037 people and just one neighborhood, Folly Beach is the 173rd largest community in South Carolina.
Folly Beach is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.34% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Folly Beach is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Folly Beach who work in management occupations (13.51%), sales jobs (13.28%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.49%).
In addition, Folly Beach is a college town. There are a lot of students in Folly Beach attending college, and as a result Folly Beach provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
For a small city, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Folly Beach. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Folly Beach.
The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Folly Beach are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. This is certainly the case with Folly Beach, which has a vibrant tourist economy.
Folly Beach Information and Demographics
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Folly Beach, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Folly Beach is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 50.74% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.
The per capita income in Folly Beach in 2000 was $30,493, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,972 for a family of four.
The people who call Folly Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Folly Beach is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Folly Beach include German, Irish, English, Italian, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, European, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Folly Beach is English.
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