Folkston is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 4,631 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Folkston is the 163rd largest community in Georgia.
Folkston is a very car-oriented city. 97.05% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Folkston is a small city , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Folkston has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Folkston ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.55% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Folkston in 2018 was $15,062, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $60,248 for a family of four. However, Folkston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Folkston also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.76% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Folkston is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Folkston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Folkston residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Folkston also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.37% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Folkston include Irish, English, Italian, African, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Folkston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.