Folly Beach, SC
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Folly Beach, SC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,399. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
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ACS city ledger plate
Sheet FOLLY-BEACH-SC · Folly Beach, SC 1 ZIPs · 2,399 pop · #1258/25278 · Charleston County
INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP
- INC-TOP $137,396
- RANK-TOP #1258/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Mount Pleasant
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-HIGH 94% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 2,399
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-TOP $1,043,200
Nearest income peer: Mount Pleasant, SC ( $14,764 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Folly Beach
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Folly Beach on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Hollywood · lowest $56,929
Hollywood · lowest
$56,929 median HH income
- Awendaw · near
Awendaw · near
$112,244 median HH income
- Johns Island · near
Johns Island · near
$121,372 median HH income
- Mount Pleasant · near
Mount Pleasant · near
$122,632 median HH income
- Folly Beach · this city
Folly Beach · this city
$137,396 median HH income
- Isle Of Palms · near
Isle Of Palms · near
$156,979 median HH income
- Sullivans Isla · highest
Sullivans Isla · highest
$192,813 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Folly Beach, SC sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- Top 5%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 2,399
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $137,396
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $137,396 and home value $1,043,200 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 66.8%.
Owner-occupancy here runs high (93.8%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.
Within South Carolina, Mount Pleasant is the closest lower-income city and Peak the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Folly Beach.
Population concentration
One ZIP, 29439, is all of Folly Beach
There is no split to weigh here: 29439 holds every one of Folly Beach's 2,399 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Dense ZBP book packed into Folly Beach's one ZIP
Citywide ZBP: 95 establishments, 778 employees , annual payroll $49,623k (~40 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 29439 (95 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (28) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Other services (except public administration) .
ZIP Codes in Folly Beach, SC
These ZIP codes sit in Charleston County, which covers 25 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Folly Beach. See the Charleston County roll-up →
Folly Beach sits in the upper half of Charleston County on income: Charleston, Mount Pleasant and North Charleston report less, while Isle Of Palms and Sullivans Island report more. Hollywood marks the far end of that range at $56,929, 59% below Folly Beach.
| ZIP Code | Population | Median income | Establishments | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29439 | 2,399 | $137,396 | 95 | 319 |
Folly Beach roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Folly Beach, .