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.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Batesburg-Leesville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Batesburg-Leesville is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Batesburg-Leesville who work in sales jobs (10.53%), maintenance occupations (9.26%), and healthcare (7.75%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Batesburg-Leesville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.27% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Batesburg-Leesville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Batesburg-Leesville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Batesburg-Leesville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Batesburg-Leesville may be for you. 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.The rate of college-level education in Batesburg-Leesville is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.26% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. 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.
