Folly Beach vs Meggett

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

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

Meggett has the higher population (1,274 vs 958 in Folly Beach). Folly Beach has the higher median household income ($97,813 vs $96,032 in Meggett). Folly Beach has the higher median home value ($951,200 vs $594,800 in Meggett).

Population, income & housing

	Folly Beach	Meggett
Population	958	1,274
Median age	62.7 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$97,813	$96,032
Median home value	$951,200	$594,800
Median gross rent	$1,930	—
Housing units	2,066	718
Homeownership rate	91.5%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.5%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Folly Beach	Meggett
Population	2,660 → 958 (-64.0%)	1,034 → 1,274 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$78,708 → $97,813 (+24.3%)	$56,250 → $96,032 (+70.7%)
Median home value	$569,900 → $951,200 (+66.9%)	$344,600 → $594,800 (+72.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,046 → $1,930 (+84.5%)	—

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

Meggett

Population

1,0341,274

Median household income

$56,250$96,032

Median home value

$344,600$594,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Folly Beach	Meggett
Under 5	0.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	1.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	1.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	3.2%	2.6%
35 to 44	5.2%	16.9%
45 to 54	18.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	28.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	29.6%	14.8%
75 and over	11.6%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Folly Beach	Meggett
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Folly Beach	Meggett
No high school diploma	3.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	12.5%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Folly Beach	Meggett
Drove alone	49.1%	72.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	4.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.8%	8.8%
Other means	6.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Folly Beach	Meggett
1-unit, detached	65.9%	84.7%
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%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Folly Beach	Meggett
Poverty rate	8.8%	8.9%
Average household size	1.90	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	29	36
Median year structure built	1989	1990