Best PlacesBatesburg-Leesville, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Batesburg-Leesville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Batesburg-Leesville ranks 34,105th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Batesburg-Leesville
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Batesburg-Leesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Batesburg-Leesville ranks high
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of towns
Where Batesburg-Leesville ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 24% of towns
- Household income$58,578 median, better than only 25% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Batesburg-Leesville
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Batesburg-Leesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,578, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Batesburg-Leesville's effective rate of 0.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Batesburg-Leesville
Batesburg-Leesville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Batesburg-Leesville.
Who works in Batesburg-Leesville, and how
Work in Batesburg-Leesville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Batesburg-Leesville
Batesburg-Leesville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Batesburg-Leesville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Batesburg-Leesville, month by month
Batesburg-Leesville sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 51° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Batesburg-Leesville
The nearest airport, Columbia Metro, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around Batesburg-Leesville
Schools across Batesburg-Leesville average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Saluda ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Batesburg-leesville Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Saluda MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Batesburg-leesville Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Saluda HighB · 50% proficient
- Batesburg-leesville High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Batesburg-Leesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Batesburg-Leesville measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Batesburg-Leesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Batesburg-Leesville
Is Batesburg-Leesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Batesburg-Leesville ranks 34,105th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and biking, and lowest on crime and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Batesburg-Leesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $188,703. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $58,578 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Batesburg-Leesville safe?
Batesburg-Leesville is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $691 per resident a year.
Compare Batesburg-Leesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Batesburg-Leesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Batesburg-Leesville represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Batesburg-Leesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Batesburg-Leesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Batesburg-Leesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Batesburg-Leesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Batesburg-Leesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Batesburg-Leesville detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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