South Carolina · Census place 4526035

Folly Beach, South Carolina

Folly Beach is a city in Charleston County, South Carolina with an estimated 2,084 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 111th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,084; #111 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020: +0.4%; +8 people
Land area: 12.5 sq mi; + 6.36 sq mi water
Density: 167 / sq mi; State median 1,356

Orange pin: Folly Beach. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

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Folly Beach population, 2020 to 2024

Folly Beach added 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -4.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,072. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Folly Beach covers 12.51 square miles of land and 6.36 of water, for 167 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Folly Beach is less dense than the typical town.

What county Folly Beach is in

All of Folly Beach's residents live in Charleston County, which had 431,001 residents in 2024. Folly Beach holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Folly Beach

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Folly Beach by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29412, 29439. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Folly Beach is

The Census internal point of Folly Beach is at 32.669300, -79.960600. Columbia, the capital, is 111.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is James Island, SC (12,451 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charleston, SC, 11.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 32.669300, -79.960600
DMS: 32°40'9.48"N 79°57'38.16"W
UTM: 17N 597459.3E 3615103.7N
Geohash: djz1u7q2q
Plus code: 8742M29Q+PQ

Daylight in Folly Beach

At 32.67° N, Folly Beach gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Folly Beach

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is James Island, 4.8 miles away, with 12,451 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Folly Beach, SC?

2,084 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8 (0.4%) from 2,076 in July 2020.

What county is Folly Beach in?

Charleston County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Folly Beach?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 29412, 29439.

How far is Folly Beach from Columbia?

111.0 miles (178.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Folly Beach.

What is the nearest larger city to Folly Beach?

James Island, SC, with 12,451 residents, 4.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.