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Population (year 2000): 2,116. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,263 (+6.9% change)
Males: 1,080 (51.0%), Females: 1,036 (49.0%)
Charleston County
Zip code:
29439
Median resident age: 41.1 years
Median household income: $46,935 (year 2000)
Median house value: $283,100 (year 2000)
Races in Folly Beach:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.8%)
- Hispanic (1.4%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
- Black (0.8%)
- Other race (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (18.1%), Irish (15.9%),
English (13.2%), United States (9.6%), Italian (6.9%),
Scotch-Irish (4.2%).
Elevation: 10 feet
Land area: 12.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Folly Beach
- High school or higher: 95.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 50.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 17.7%
- Unemployed: 3.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Folly Beach city
- Never married: 35.5%
- Now married: 45.1%
- Separated: 2.5%
- Widowed: 4.0%
- Divorced: 12.9%
2.4% Foreign born (1.6% Europe, 0.5% North
America).
Population change in the 1990s: +709 (+50.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Folly Beach:
- CHARLESTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 8 miles;
CHARLESTON, SC)
- ROPER HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; CHARLESTON, SC)
- SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA (about 8 miles;
CHARLESTON, SC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Folly Beach:
- CHARLESTON AFB/INTL (about 17 miles; CHARLESTON, SC;
ID: CHS)
- BEAUFORT MCAS /MERRITT FIELD/ (about 56 miles;
BEAUFORT, SC; ID: NBC)
- HILTON HEAD (about 61 miles; HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC;
ID: HXD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Folly Beach:
- CHARLESTON EXECUTIVE (about 5 miles; CHARLESTON, SC;
ID: JZI)
- EAST COOPER (about 20 miles; MOUNT PLEASANT, SC; ID:
8S5)
- SUMMERVILLE (about 35 miles; SUMMERVILLE, SC; ID:
DYB)
Amtrak station near Folly Beach:
- 15 miles: CHARLESTON (N. CHARLESTON, 4565 GAYNOR
AVE.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, vending machines, free short-term
parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental
service, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Folly Beach:
- COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (about 9 miles; CHARLESTON,
SC; Full-time enrollment: 9,756)
- MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (about 9 miles;
CHARLESTON, SC; FT enrollment: 2,162)
- CITADEL MILITARY COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA (about 14
miles; CHARLESTON, SC; FT enrollment: 2,701)
- CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles;
CHARLESTON, SC; FT enrollment: 2,191)
- TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 24 miles;
CHARLESTON, SC; FT enrollment: 5,925)
- SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles;
ORANGEBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 3,971)
- SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN (about 92 miles;
SAVANNAH, GA; FT enrollment: 4,565)
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