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%).

Folly Beach is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Folly Beach enrolled in college, Folly Beach has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards 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.

One of the nice things about Folly Beach is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities. This is definately true of Folly Beach, which supports a strong 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.