Work & commute · Wagener

Work & commute in Wagener, SC

Most working residents leave Wagener for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Aiken (13%), Columbia (5%) and Lexington (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 196 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 187 Wagener residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wagener.

187live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wagener goes to work

Aiken22.4 mi away

13%26

Columbia37.9 mi away

5%10

Wagener (in town)right here

5%9

Lexington24.9 mi away

4%8

North Augusta35.3 mi away

2%4

Atlanta, GA176 mi away

2%3

Irmo32.6 mi away

2%3

Mauldin94.8 mi away

2%3

Charleston98.4 mi away

2%3

Elko18.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%125

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Wagener commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

40%

27%

23%

9%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wagener is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wagener are

177 jobs are based in Wagener. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wagener’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wagener

177 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Wagener residents hold

196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+3%

Jobs based in Wagener, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 177. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.