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.Unlike some towns, Batesburg-Leesville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Batesburg-Leesville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Batesburg-Leesville is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Batesburg-Leesville who work in maintenance occupations (12.98%), healthcare (9.02%), and sales jobs (8.56%). 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.
