Folly Beach vs Rockville

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

Folly Beach and Rockville 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 125 in Rockville). Folly Beach has the higher median household income ($97,813 vs $76,563 in Rockville). Folly Beach has the higher median home value ($951,200 vs $475,000 in Rockville).

Population, income & housing

	Folly Beach	Rockville
Population	958	125
Median age	62.7 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$97,813	$76,563
Median home value	$951,200	$475,000
Median gross rent	$1,930	—
Housing units	2,066	70
Homeownership rate	91.5%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.5%	67.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Folly Beach	Rockville
Population	2,660 → 958 (-64.0%)	125 → 125 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$78,708 → $97,813 (+24.3%)	$96,250 → $76,563 (-20.5%)
Median home value	$569,900 → $951,200 (+66.9%)	$461,100 → $475,000 (+3.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,046 → $1,930 (+84.5%)	$1,250 → $1,500 (+20.0%)

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

Rockville

Population

125125

Median household income

$96,250$76,563

Median home value

$461,100$475,000

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Folly Beach	Rockville
Under 5	0.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	1.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	1.3%	3.2%
25 to 34	3.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	18.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	28.0%	7.2%
65 to 74	29.6%	20.0%
75 and over	11.6%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Folly Beach	Rockville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.2%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Folly Beach	Rockville
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.1%
High school graduate	12.5%	4.5%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	49.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Folly Beach	Rockville
Drove alone	49.1%	76.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.8%	15.4%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Folly Beach	Rockville
1-unit, detached	65.9%	90.0%
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%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Folly Beach	Rockville
Poverty rate	8.8%	2.4%
Average household size	1.90	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1989	1977