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.
Being a small town, Batesburg-Leesville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Batesburg-Leesville is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.05% of adults 25 and older 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.
