Langley vs Wagener

A side-by-side comparison of Langley and Wagener: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Langley has the higher population (1,718 vs 1,170 in Wagener). Langley has the higher median household income ($50,750 vs $45,753 in Wagener). Since 2019, Wagener's population has grown faster (+36.4% vs -6.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Langley	Wagener
Population	1,718	1,170
Median age	36.1 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,750	$45,753
Median home value	$74,000	—
Median gross rent	$879	$367
Housing units	771	583
Homeownership rate	71.7%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Langley	Wagener
Population	1,842 → 1,718 (-6.7%)	858 → 1,170 (+36.4%)
Median household income	$30,435 → $50,750 (+66.7%)	$39,219 → $45,753 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$49,500 → $74,000 (+49.5%)	$84,500 → $99,300 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $879 (+16.9%)	$563 → $367 (-34.8%)

Langley

Population

1,8421,718

Median household income

$30,435$50,750

Median home value

$49,500$74,000

Median gross rent

$752$879

Wagener

Population

8581,170

Median household income

$39,219$45,753

Median home value

$84,500$99,300

Median gross rent

$563$367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Langley	Wagener
Under 5	5.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.5%	9.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	7.5%	8.8%
45 to 54	7.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	22.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	19.1%
75 and over	6.8%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Langley	Wagener
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	28.6%
Black or African American	1.8%	64.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Langley	Wagener
No high school diploma	20.0%	17.1%
High school graduate	52.5%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Langley	Wagener
Drove alone	76.5%	58.4%
Carpooled	12.3%	23.9%
Public transit	7.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Langley	Wagener
1-unit, detached	61.5%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Langley	Wagener
Poverty rate	29.2%	22.0%
Average household size	2.93	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1957	1969