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Wagener, SC

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Overview


Wagener is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 655 people and just one neighborhood, Wagener is the 216th largest community in South Carolina.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Wagener is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wagener is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wagener who work in art, media, and design (16.87%), office and administrative support (10.57%), and management occupations (9.15%).

Of important note, Wagener is also a town of artists. Wagener has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Wagener’s character.

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Wagener is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

As is often the case in a small town, Wagener doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Wagener is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.50% of adults 25 and older in Wagener have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Wagener in 2022 was $24,960, 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 $99,840 for a family of four. However, Wagener contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wagener is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wagener home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wagener residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Wagener include African, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and German.

The most common language spoken in Wagener is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Modes of Transportation

In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 32.7% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.6% of all neighborhoods in America, with 45.9% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 91.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

If you are planning to retire in South Carolina, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in South Carolina, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 95.8% of neighborhoods in SC. If a South Carolina retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.9% of this neighborhood's residents have African ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Wagener are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.9% 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, 31.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.2%), and 16.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Wagener, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (9.8%). There are also a number of people of Spanish ancestry (9.5%), and residents who report German roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (7.9%), along with some African ancestry residents (7.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (30.8% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (55.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (32.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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