Langley is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,485 people and just one neighborhood, Langley is the 164th largest community in South Carolina. Langley has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
When you are in Langley, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.77% of Langley’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Langley is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Langley who work in sales jobs (21.25%), personal care services (10.28%), and teaching (6.45%).
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Langley has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Langley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Langley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Langley may be for you.
Despite the fact that it is a small town, Langley has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the town for affordable transportation.
In Langley, just 13.00% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Langley in 2022 was $26,673, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,692 for a family of four. However, Langley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Langley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Langley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Langley residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Langley include Irish, German, Dutch, English, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Langley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Langley, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 88.8% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.8% of all American neighborhoods.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Langley are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 37.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 41.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 33.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (13.0%), and 12.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.8% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Langley, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (18.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.3%), and residents who report English roots (7.2%), and some of the residents are also of South American ancestry (3.3%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (2.6%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (60.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (5.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.