Folkston is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Folkston isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.18% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Being a small city, Folkston does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
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.
