Wagener is a town in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wagener had a population of 631. As of 2010, the town was the largest settlement in the county north of the South Fork Edisto River. It is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area.
Geography
Wagener is located in eastern Aiken County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 0.60%, is water.
2020 census
{| class="wikitable"
|+Wagener racial composition
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|White (non-Hispanic)
|226
|35.82%
|-
|Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|368
|58.32%
|-
|Native American
|3
|0.48%
|-
|Asian
|1
|0.16%
|-
|Pacific Islander
|1
|0.16%
|-
|Other/Mixed
|25
|3.96%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino
|7
|1.11%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 631 people, 320 households, and 261 families residing in the town.
2012
As of the census
Zoned schools are Cyril B. Busbee Elementary School, A. L. Corbett Middle School, and Wagener-Salley High School. All three schools are in the Wagener town limits.
Wagener has a public library, a branch of the ABBE Regional Library System.