Langley has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 164 jobs in Langley, and 542 of its residents work somewhere. Langley grades C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Langley is behind 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Langley: the figures worth knowing
Langley is a place people come home to
There are 164 jobs based in Langley, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Langley has about 930 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Langley workers cross into Georgia
21% of Langley workers work outside South Carolina, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Augusta (11%) and Martinez (3%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 542 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Langley gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Langley is better than 21% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Langley’s grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (27.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (10.5%) is left out: Langley’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Langley could be anywhere from D to B−.
In and out of Langley on a workday
On a workday 537 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Langley on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
19% of working residents work in Aiken
Where Langley clocks in
19% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The distance from Langley to work
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A place that makes things: 32% of Langley’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Langley, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 164. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Langley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Langley’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Langley workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 560 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across South Carolina: 86% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Most trips from Langley start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Langley is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 13.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.4% across South Carolina, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 560 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 14.8% of Langley households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 12% of Langley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Langley comes 3,653rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 209 | Pimlico SC | 1,765 | $137K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 421 | Cane Savannah SC | 1,551 | $132K | 4.6% | 11.8% | 0% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 818 | Shell Point SC | 1,439 | $82K | 3.1% | 6.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,651 | Dublin Township PA | 1,193 | $68K | 10.4% | 6.4% | 9% | C− |
| 3,652 | Franklin Furnace OH | 1,594 | $60K | 12.5% | 0.0% | 6% | C− |
| 3,653 | Langley SC | 1,310 | $54K | 27.9% | 10.5% | 1% | C− |
| 3,654 | La Monte MO | 1,018 | $66K | 16.3% | 4.5% | <1% | C− |
| 3,655 | Catawissa PA | 1,539 | $52K | 16.4% | 6.2% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Langley, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
The towns around Langley
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Langley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langley | – | C− | B+ | 23 min | $53,646 |
| Burnettown | under 1% | C− | D | 22 min | $50,347 |
| Gloverville | under 1% | C− | C− | 21 min | $52,197 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Langley’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Langley: questions
What is the median household income in Langley?
$53,646 (±$21,260) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Langley?
27.9%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Langley?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Langley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aiken (19%, 6 mi), Augusta (11%, 17 mi), North Augusta (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Langley walkable?
Langley is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Langley without a car?
12% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Langley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Langley
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.