Aiken County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
SO2
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2008 was 24.3. This is significantly better than average.
Lead (Pb) [µ/m3] level in 2003 was 0.00170. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 16.8 miles away from the city center.
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) [ppb] level in 2007 was 2.48. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 23.7 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2007 was 19.9. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 16.8 miles away from the city center.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2008 was 0.972. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 23.7 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2001 was 14.6. This is about average. Closest monitor was 16.8 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 18.9%
(6.7% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 35.7% for Black residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.5 people | | South Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 68.9% | | Whole state: | 69.9% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 4.9% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Wagener, SC
Wagener compared to South Carolina state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (58%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Aiken County South Carolina:
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Religion statistics for Wagener:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 51.36%
| Here |  | 51.4% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Catholic Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
| Adherents | 59.4% | 10.7% | 7.9% | 3.8% | 3.4% |
| Congregations | 44.0% | 10.3% | 2.2% | 1.6% | 7.1% |
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| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Episcopal Church | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | LDS (Mormon) Church | Other |
| Adherents | 2.7% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1.3% | 6.4% |
| Congregations | 2.2% | 3.3% | 5.4% | 1.1% | 22.8% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 27 | Aiken County: | 1.77 / 10,000 pop. | | South Carolina: | 1.99 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2 | This county: | 0.13 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.15 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 12 | Aiken County: | 0.79 / 10,000 pop. | | South Carolina: | 0.85 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 75 | Aiken County: | 4.92 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 5.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 72 | Here: | 4.73 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 10.7% | | South Carolina: | 10.6% |
Adult obesity rate: | Aiken County: | 31.2% | | South Carolina: | 29.4% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 19.9% | | State: | 13.4% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $2,684 | $32,208 | 2 | $1,825 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 5 | $1,329 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
3 | $7,241 | $28,964 | 1 | $1,063 |
| Parks and Recreation |
1 | $1,825 | $21,900 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
2 | $5,519 | $33,114 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
7 | $17,269 | $29,604 | 8 | $4,217 |
Wagener government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $44,000 ($49.89)
All Other: $16,000 ($18.14)
- Construction - Central Staff Services: $43,000 ($48.75)
Parks & Recreation: $5,000 ($5.67)
- Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $171,000 ($193.88)
Water Utilities: $136,000 ($154.20)
Police Protection: $120,000 ($136.05)
Solid Waste Management: $44,000 ($49.89)
Fire Protection: $30,000 ($34.01)
- General - Interest on Debt: $0 ($0.00)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $63,000 ($71.43)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $39,000 ($44.22)
Interest Earnings: $1,000 ($1.13)
Rents: $1,000 ($1.13)
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $83,000 ($94.10)
Fire Protection: $15,000 ($17.01)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $126,000 ($142.86)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $183,000 ($207.48)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $86,000 ($97.51)
All Other: $47,000 ($53.29)
- Tax - Property: $84,000 ($95.24)
NEC: $71,000 ($80.50)
Public Utilities: $29,000 ($32.88)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $234,000 ($265.31)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0 ($0.00)
6.71% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($44,224 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.71% | | South Carolina average: | 8.00% |
0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($404 average AGI)| Aiken County: | 0.10% | | South Carolina average: | 0.15% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.94% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($42,671 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.94% | | South Carolina average: | 6.88% |
0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($316 average AGI)| Aiken County: | 0.05% | | South Carolina average: | 0.11% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Wagener:
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WLGO (1170 AM; daytime; 10 kW; LEXINGTON, SC; Owner: LEVAS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WVOC (560 AM; 5 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBLR (1430 AM; 5 kW; BATESBURG, SC; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WBCU (1460 AM; 50 kW; UNION, SC)
- WRDW (1480 AM; 10 kW; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: WCHZ LICENSE, LLC)
- WGAC (580 AM; 5 kW; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: WGAC LICENSE, LLC)
- WAGL (1560 AM; daytime; 50 kW; LANCASTER, SC; Owner: PALMETTO BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
- WISW (1320 AM; 5 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WTEL (1630 AM; 10 kW; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: WCHZ LICENSE, LLC)
- WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Wagener:
- WAAW (94.7 FM; WILLISTON, SC; Owner: FRANK NEELY)
- WAFJ (88.3 FM; BELVEDERE, SC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
- WMHK (89.7 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: COLUMBIA BIBLE COLLEGE B/CING CO.)
- WZMJ (93.1 FM; BATESBURG, SC; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WZNY (105.7 FM; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WKSP (96.3 FM; AIKEN, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBAW-FM (99.1 FM; BARNWELL, SC; Owner: BULLIE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WTCB (106.7 FM; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WBBQ-FM (104.3 FM; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WCOS-FM (97.5 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WWDM (101.3 FM; SUMTER, SC; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WLXC (98.5 FM; LEXINGTON, SC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WKXC-FM (99.5 FM; AIKEN, SC; Owner: WGAC LICENSE, LLC)
- WNOK (104.7 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WAJY (102.7 FM; NEW ELLENTON, SC; Owner: WGAC LICENSE, LLC)
- WKSX-FM (92.7 FM; JOHNSTON, SC; Owner: EDGEFIELD-SALUDA RADIO COMPANY, INC.)
- WFMV (95.3 FM; SOUTH CONGAREE, SC; Owner: GLORY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WHXT (103.9 FM; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WIGL (102.9 FM; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WQKI-FM (93.9 FM; ST. MATTHEWS, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Wagener:
- WJBF (Channel 6; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WAGT (Channel 26; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: WAGT TELEVISION, INC.)
- WRDW-TV (Channel 12; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: WRDW LICENSEE CORP.)
- WFXG (Channel 54; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - GEORGIA, L.L.C.)
- WOLO-TV (Channel 25; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WLTX (Channel 19; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: PACIFIC AND SOUTHERN COMPANY, INC.)
- WACH (Channel 57; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WIS (Channel 10; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
- W31BS (Channel 31; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: DOVE BROADCASTING INC.)
- WEBA-TV (Channel 14; ALLENDALE, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WBHQ (Channel 63; SUMTER, SC; Owner: COLUMBIA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- W67DP (Channel 67; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: DOVE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WRLK-TV (Channel 35; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- W56EE (Channel 56; JOHNSTON, SC; Owner: DOVE BROADCASTING, INC.)
Wagener, South Carolina:
- Fatal accident count: 8
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 10
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 3
- Fatalities: 8
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 19
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 3
South Carolina average:
- Fatal accident count: 85
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 129
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 27
- Fatalities: 93
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 218
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 12
See more detailed statistics of Wagener fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Wagener)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 12 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 3 - KITCHINGS MILL, 379 Four Oaks Road (Lat: 33.604722 Lon: -81.479000), Type: Upole, Structure height: 42.7 m, Overall height: 43.1 m, Call Sign: WQDZ514
Assigned Frequencies: 17760.0 MHz, 17800.0 MHz, 17960.0 MHz, 18040.0 MHz, 17840.0 MHz Grant Date: 12/07/2005, Expiration Date: 12/07/2015, Certifier: Terry W Johnson
Registrant: Trillion Partners, Inc., 9208 Waterford Centre Blvd. Suite 150, Austin, TX 78758, Phone: (512) 334-4100, Fax: (512) 334-4099, Email:
- WAGENER SALLEY HS, 272 Main Street S. (Lat: 33.645917 Lon: -81.365000), Type: Upole, Structure height: 24.4 m, Overall height: 24.8 m, Call Sign: WQDZ523
Assigned Frequencies: 19360.0 MHz Grant Date: 12/07/2005, Expiration Date: 12/07/2015, Certifier: Terry W Johnson
Registrant: Trillion Partners, Inc., 9208 Waterford Centre Blvd. Suite 150, Austin, TX 78758, Phone: (512) 334-4100, Fax: (512) 334-4099, Email:
- Al Corbett, 10 Al Corbett Circle (Lat: 33.659222 Lon: -81.364306), Type: Tower, Structure height: 24.4 m, Overall height: 25.3 m, Call Sign: WQFN984
Assigned Frequencies: 19600.0 MHz Grant Date: 08/29/2006, Expiration Date: 08/29/2016, Certifier: Scott Smyth
Registrant: Trillion Partners, Inc., 9208 Waterford Centre Blvd. Suite 150, Austin, TX 78758, Phone: (512) 334-4100, Fax: (512) 334-4099, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 7 - Call Sign: KA5HSW, Licensee ID: L00783345
Grant Date: 12/18/2003, Expiration Date: 03/15/2014, Certifier: James W Stroud Jr
Registrant: James W Stroud Jr, 3237 Camp Rawls Rd, Wagener, SC 29164 - Call Sign: KC4ENS
Grant Date: 05/24/1988, Expiration Date: 05/24/1998, Cancellation Date: 05/25/2000
Registrant: George J Caraway, Hwy 113n, Wagener, SC 29164 - Call Sign: KC4PVW, Licensee ID: L00284722
Grant Date: 09/14/2000, Expiration Date: 12/11/2010
Registrant: Stanley W Cherry, 280 Crim Hydrick Rd, Wagener, SC 29164 - Call Sign: KF4KNY, Licensee ID: L00972487
Grant Date: 04/28/2006, Expiration Date: 06/21/2016, Certifier: Robert H Randall Sr
Registrant: Robert H Randall Sr, 202 Averitt Valley Rd, Wagener, SC 29164-8941 - Call Sign: KF4WRY
Grant Date: 03/31/1998, Expiration Date: 03/31/2008, Cancellation Date: 04/01/2010
Registrant: John M Prah, 731 Wagontong Rd, Wagener, SC 29164 - Call Sign: W2NEG, Licensee ID: L01204718
Grant Date: 10/20/2006, Expiration Date: 01/13/2017, Certifier: Ronald F Dick
Registrant: Ronald F Dick, One Park 261 Aiken Rd, Wagener, SC 29164 - Call Sign: KI4MDM, Licensee ID: L01073360
Grant Date: 10/14/2005, Expiration Date: 10/14/2015, Certifier: Robert T Lemmon
Registrant: Robert T Lemmon, Wagener, SC 29164
FAA Registered Aircraft: 13 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft in Wagener)
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2008 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| C) Refinancings
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| Number | Average Value |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 1 | $65,610 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 |
Aggregated Statistics For Year 2006 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| C) Refinancings
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| Number | Average Value |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 1 | $60,680 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 |
Aggregated Statistics For Year 2005 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans |
| Number | Average Value |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 1 | $41,740 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 |
Aggregated Statistics For Year 2004 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| C) Refinancings
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| Number | Average Value |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 1 | $62,220 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 1 | $48,770 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 |
Aggregated Statistics For Year 2003 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| C) Refinancings
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| Number | Average Value |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 1 | $94,360 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 1 | $55,430 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 |
Aggregated Statistics For Year 2002 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| C) Refinancings
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| Number | Average Value |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 1 | $66,520 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 1 | $49,190 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 |
Aggregated Statistics For Year 2001 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | C) Refinancings
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| Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 1 | $34,250 | 1 | $54,780 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 1 | $29,000 | 1 | $59,920 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
Aggregated Statistics For Year 2000 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | C) Refinancings
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| Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 1 | $25,500 | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 1 | $47,540 | 1 | $54,460 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
Aggregated Statistics For Year 1999 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | C) Refinancings
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| Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 1 | $33,970 | 1 | $34,900 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 1 | $53,750 | 1 | $62,930 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts:
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HMDA - Conventional Home Purchase Loans
HMDA - Conventional Home Purchase Loans - Value
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Wagener, SC
| Most common first names in Wagener, SC among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| James | 36 | 69.6 years |
| John | 26 | 68.2 years |
| William | 18 | 76.3 years |
| Robert | 15 | 68.7 years |
| Willie | 15 | 68.5 years |
| George | 13 | 71.1 years |
| Annie | 12 | 72.4 years |
| Paul | 11 | 71.6 years |
| Frank | 10 | 69.0 years |
| Ernest | 9 | 73.5 years |
| Most common last names in Wagener, SC among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Williams | 30 | 72.6 years |
| Gunter | 29 | 78.2 years |
| Johnson | 22 | 77.0 years |
| Gantt | 22 | 79.5 years |
| Garvin | 20 | 76.5 years |
| Tyler | 20 | 72.6 years |
| Brown | 18 | 61.7 years |
| Jackson | 15 | 70.5 years |
| Quattlebaum | 15 | 73.1 years |
| Rawls | 13 | 70.3 years |
Businesses in Wagener, SC
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