Batesburg-Leesville is a somewhat small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 5,266 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Batesburg-Leesville is the 75th largest community in South Carolina.
Of important note, Batesburg-Leesville is also a town of artists. Batesburg-Leesville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Batesburg-Leesville’s character.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Batesburg-Leesville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Batesburg-Leesville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small town, Batesburg-Leesville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Batesburg-Leesville who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.05% of the adults in Batesburg-Leesville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Batesburg-Leesville in 2022 was $27,556, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,224 for a family of four. However, Batesburg-Leesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Batesburg-Leesville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Batesburg-Leesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Batesburg-Leesville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Batesburg-Leesville include English, German, Irish, African, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Batesburg-Leesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.