Folkston is a very car-oriented city. 98.18% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Folkston is a small city , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Folkston has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Folkston is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Folkston has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.26% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Folkston in 2022 was $17,021, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $68,084 for a family of four. However, Folkston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Folkston also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.13% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Folkston is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Folkston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Folkston residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Folkston include English, Italian, Irish, Polish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Folkston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
