Longs is a medium-sized town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 17,488 people and three associated neighborhoods, Longs is the 32nd largest community in South Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Longs, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Longs, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Longs’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Longs does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $60,171.00. Longs real estate is some of the most expensive in South Carolina, although Longs house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Longs is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Longs is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Longs who work in sales jobs (14.29%), personal care services (13.57%), and management occupations (9.80%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 21.61% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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!) Longs 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. Longs has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Longs than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Longs may be for you. Being a small town, Longs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Longs citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.11% of adults 25 and older in Longs have a college degree. The per capita income in Longs in 2022 was $34,944, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,776 for a family of four. However, Longs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Longs is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Longs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Longs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Longs include European, German, English, Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Longs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
