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.
The city 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, Leary has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Leary a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Leary, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.86 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Despite the fact that it is a small city, Leary has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the city for affordable transportation.
The rate of college-level education in Leary is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.50% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Leary in 2022 was $21,989, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,956 for a family of four.
Leary is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. 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 English, Irish, Dutch, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Leary is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and African languages.
