Folly Beach vs Lincolnville

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

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

Folly Beach has the higher population (958 vs 835 in Lincolnville). Folly Beach has the higher median household income ($97,813 vs $36,538 in Lincolnville). Folly Beach has the higher median home value ($951,200 vs $220,600 in Lincolnville).

Population, income & housing

	Folly Beach	Lincolnville
Population	958	835
Median age	62.7 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$97,813	$36,538
Median home value	$951,200	$220,600
Median gross rent	$1,930	$610
Housing units	2,066	460
Homeownership rate	91.5%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.5%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Folly Beach	Lincolnville
Population	2,660 → 958 (-64.0%)	2,133 → 835 (-60.9%)
Median household income	$78,708 → $97,813 (+24.3%)	$22,717 → $36,538 (+60.8%)
Median home value	$569,900 → $951,200 (+66.9%)	$99,900 → $220,600 (+120.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,046 → $1,930 (+84.5%)	$775 → $610 (-21.3%)

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

Lincolnville

Population

2,133835

Median household income

$22,717$36,538

Median home value

$99,900$220,600

Median gross rent

$775$610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Folly Beach	Lincolnville
Under 5	0.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	1.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	1.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	3.2%	4.9%
35 to 44	5.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	18.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	28.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	29.6%	16.2%
75 and over	11.6%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Folly Beach	Lincolnville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	37.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	49.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.5%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Folly Beach	Lincolnville
No high school diploma	3.6%	17.2%
High school graduate	12.5%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Folly Beach	Lincolnville
Drove alone	49.1%	65.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	23.7%
Public transit	0.0%	4.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.8%	6.9%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Folly Beach	Lincolnville
1-unit, detached	65.9%	40.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	2.6%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	34.8%

Poverty & households

	Folly Beach	Lincolnville
Poverty rate	8.8%	31.6%
Average household size	1.90	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1989	1992