Awendaw vs Folly Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Awendaw and Folly Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Awendaw and Folly Beach are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Awendaw has the higher population (1,574 vs 958 in Folly Beach). Folly Beach has the higher median household income ($97,813 vs $70,781 in Awendaw). Folly Beach has the higher median home value ($951,200 vs $387,500 in Awendaw).

Population, income & housing

	Awendaw	Folly Beach
Population	1,574	958
Median age	57.6 yrs	62.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,781	$97,813
Median home value	$387,500	$951,200
Median gross rent	$2,792	$1,930
Housing units	791	2,066
Homeownership rate	92.7%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	60.5%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Awendaw	Folly Beach
Population	1,384 → 1,574 (+13.7%)	2,660 → 958 (-64.0%)
Median household income	$56,316 → $70,781 (+25.7%)	$78,708 → $97,813 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$185,700 → $387,500 (+108.7%)	$569,900 → $951,200 (+66.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $2,792 (+162.7%)	$1,046 → $1,930 (+84.5%)

Awendaw

Population

1,3841,574

Median household income

$56,316$70,781

Median home value

$185,700$387,500

Median gross rent

$1,063$2,792

Folly Beach

Population

2,660958

Median household income

$78,708$97,813

Median home value

$569,900$951,200

Median gross rent

$1,046$1,930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Awendaw	Folly Beach
Under 5	2.4%	0.8%
5 to 17	8.0%	1.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	1.3%
25 to 34	4.6%	3.2%
35 to 44	6.7%	5.2%
45 to 54	19.2%	18.5%
55 to 64	19.0%	28.0%
65 to 74	22.9%	29.6%
75 and over	10.0%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Awendaw	Folly Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	53.3%	94.8%
Black or African American	46.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Awendaw	Folly Beach
No high school diploma	11.6%	3.6%
High school graduate	24.4%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Awendaw	Folly Beach
Drove alone	76.6%	49.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.5%
Worked from home	15.0%	34.8%
Other means	0.0%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Awendaw	Folly Beach
1-unit, detached	80.8%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Awendaw	Folly Beach
Poverty rate	15.9%	8.8%
Average household size	2.25	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1999	1989