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. 17.88% of adults 25 and older in Longs have a college degree.
The per capita income in Longs in 2022 was $35,371, 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 $141,484 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, Irish, English, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Longs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
