Batesburg-Leesville vs Gaston

A side-by-side comparison of Batesburg-Leesville and Gaston: population, income, housing, and more.

Batesburg-Leesville and Gaston are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Batesburg-Leesville has the higher population (4,935 vs 2,026 in Gaston). Gaston has the higher median household income ($59,500 vs $53,102 in Batesburg-Leesville). Batesburg-Leesville has the higher median home value ($130,500 vs $117,900 in Gaston).

Population, income & housing

	Batesburg-Leesville	Gaston
Population	4,935	2,026
Median age	40.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,102	$59,500
Median home value	$130,500	$117,900
Median gross rent	$792	$920
Housing units	2,542	913
Homeownership rate	68.6%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batesburg-Leesville	Gaston
Population	5,647 → 4,935 (-12.6%)	1,824 → 2,026 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$43,980 → $53,102 (+20.7%)	$42,069 → $59,500 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$113,300 → $130,500 (+15.2%)	$82,600 → $117,900 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $792 (+4.2%)	$849 → $920 (+8.4%)

Batesburg-Leesville

Population

5,6474,935

Median household income

$43,980$53,102

Median home value

$113,300$130,500

Median gross rent

$760$792

Gaston

Population

1,8242,026

Median household income

$42,069$59,500

Median home value

$82,600$117,900

Median gross rent

$849$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batesburg-Leesville	Gaston
Under 5	5.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	18.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.6%
75 and over	6.2%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batesburg-Leesville	Gaston
White (non-Hispanic)	47.6%	63.6%
Black or African American	39.0%	16.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batesburg-Leesville	Gaston
No high school diploma	17.6%	14.2%
High school graduate	38.6%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batesburg-Leesville	Gaston
Drove alone	77.4%	77.5%
Carpooled	11.3%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	8.2%
Other means	5.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batesburg-Leesville	Gaston
1-unit, detached	84.7%	45.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	53.6%

Poverty & households

	Batesburg-Leesville	Gaston
Poverty rate	18.4%	24.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1970	1989