Batesburg-Leesville is a somewhat small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 5,321 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.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.27% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
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.
Batesburg-Leesville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Batesburg-Leesville, just 12.26% 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 Batesburg-Leesville in 2022 was $27,709, 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 $110,836 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, Irish, German, African, and French.
The most common language spoken in Batesburg-Leesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.