Batesburg-Leesville is home to 4,941 people in South Carolina. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 12% of adults. The typical home is worth $135,100, having more than doubled since 2000. The foreign-born share is 2%. That trails the South Carolina median by roughly 28%. Households take in $49,646 at the median, 40% less than the US figure.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $49,646, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
12% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Batesburg-Leesville
What changed most since 2000
White share51.9% → 47.2%(−4.7 pts)US over the same years: −11.3 pts
Population5,517 → 4,941(−10%)US over the same years: +19%
Black share45.5% → 40.0%(−5.5 pts)US over the same years: −0.1 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)52.9%(153)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)35.3%(102)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era11.1%(32)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.2%(18)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 289 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Batesburg-Leesville, decade by decade
Batesburg-Leesville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2000
5,517
$59,869
$130,248
14.8%
65.4
2010
5,362
$46,250
$154,359
12.9%
69.2
2020
5,270
$60,633
$136,112
15.1%
73.1
2024
4,941
$49,646
$135,100
12.3%
76.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
