Batesburg-Leesville vs Pine Ridge

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

Batesburg-Leesville and Pine Ridge 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 2,709 in Pine Ridge). Pine Ridge has the higher median household income ($74,861 vs $53,102 in Batesburg-Leesville). Pine Ridge has the higher median home value ($218,500 vs $130,500 in Batesburg-Leesville).

Population, income & housing

	Batesburg-Leesville	Pine Ridge
Population	4,935	2,709
Median age	40.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,102	$74,861
Median home value	$130,500	$218,500
Median gross rent	$792	$1,204
Housing units	2,542	1,200
Homeownership rate	68.6%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batesburg-Leesville	Pine Ridge
Population	5,647 → 4,935 (-12.6%)	2,438 → 2,709 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$43,980 → $53,102 (+20.7%)	$59,825 → $74,861 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$113,300 → $130,500 (+15.2%)	$169,100 → $218,500 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $792 (+4.2%)	$917 → $1,204 (+31.3%)

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

Pine Ridge

Population

2,4382,709

Median household income

$59,825$74,861

Median home value

$169,100$218,500

Median gross rent

$917$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batesburg-Leesville	Pine Ridge
Under 5	5.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	18.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.5%
75 and over	6.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batesburg-Leesville	Pine Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	47.6%	62.5%
Black or African American	39.0%	23.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batesburg-Leesville	Pine Ridge
No high school diploma	17.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	38.6%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batesburg-Leesville	Pine Ridge
Drove alone	77.4%	83.3%
Carpooled	11.3%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	9.4%
Other means	5.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batesburg-Leesville	Pine Ridge
1-unit, detached	84.7%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Batesburg-Leesville	Pine Ridge
Poverty rate	18.4%	16.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1970	1993