Folly Beach vs McClellanville

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

Folly Beach and McClellanville 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 734 in McClellanville). McClellanville has the higher median household income ($104,236 vs $97,813 in Folly Beach). Folly Beach has the higher median home value ($951,200 vs $511,400 in McClellanville).

Population, income & housing

	Folly Beach	McClellanville
Population	958	734
Median age	62.7 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$97,813	$104,236
Median home value	$951,200	$511,400
Median gross rent	$1,930	$1,313
Housing units	2,066	370
Homeownership rate	91.5%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.5%	55.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Folly Beach	McClellanville
Population	2,660 → 958 (-64.0%)	568 → 734 (+29.2%)
Median household income	$78,708 → $97,813 (+24.3%)	$78,333 → $104,236 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$569,900 → $951,200 (+66.9%)	$339,500 → $511,400 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,046 → $1,930 (+84.5%)	$1,375 → $1,313 (-4.5%)

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

McClellanville

Population

568734

Median household income

$78,333$104,236

Median home value

$339,500$511,400

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Folly Beach	McClellanville
Under 5	0.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	1.8%	22.2%
18 to 24	1.3%	1.8%
25 to 34	3.2%	5.6%
35 to 44	5.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	18.5%	7.9%
55 to 64	28.0%	18.4%
65 to 74	29.6%	14.6%
75 and over	11.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Folly Beach	McClellanville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Folly Beach	McClellanville
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	12.5%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Folly Beach	McClellanville
Drove alone	49.1%	77.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	4.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.8%	11.3%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Folly Beach	McClellanville
1-unit, detached	65.9%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Folly Beach	McClellanville
Poverty rate	8.8%	4.5%
Average household size	1.90	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	29	40
Median year structure built	1989	1986