Overall, Leary’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Leary is worth considering.
For a small city, Leary has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Leary exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
In Leary, just 11.23% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Leary in 2022 was $25,704, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,816 for a family of four.
The people who call Leary home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leary residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Leary include Irish, English, Dutch, Italian, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Leary is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and African languages.
