Batesburg-Leesville vs White Knoll

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

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

White Knoll has the higher population (7,865 vs 4,935 in Batesburg-Leesville). White Knoll has the higher median household income ($79,531 vs $53,102 in Batesburg-Leesville). White Knoll has the higher median home value ($232,000 vs $130,500 in Batesburg-Leesville).

Population, income & housing

	Batesburg-Leesville	White Knoll
Population	4,935	7,865
Median age	40.4 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,102	$79,531
Median home value	$130,500	$232,000
Median gross rent	$792	$1,269
Housing units	2,542	2,802
Homeownership rate	68.6%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Batesburg-Leesville	White Knoll
Population	5,647 → 4,935 (-12.6%)	7,476 → 7,865 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$43,980 → $53,102 (+20.7%)	$69,063 → $79,531 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$113,300 → $130,500 (+15.2%)	$163,800 → $232,000 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $792 (+4.2%)	$1,216 → $1,269 (+4.4%)

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

White Knoll

Population

7,4767,865

Median household income

$69,063$79,531

Median home value

$163,800$232,000

Median gross rent

$1,216$1,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Batesburg-Leesville	White Knoll
Under 5	5.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	24.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	18.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	18.0%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	3.9%
75 and over	6.2%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Batesburg-Leesville	White Knoll
White (non-Hispanic)	47.6%	58.9%
Black or African American	39.0%	25.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Batesburg-Leesville	White Knoll
No high school diploma	17.6%	8.8%
High school graduate	38.6%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Batesburg-Leesville	White Knoll
Drove alone	77.4%	82.3%
Carpooled	11.3%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	8.9%
Other means	5.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Batesburg-Leesville	White Knoll
1-unit, detached	84.7%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Batesburg-Leesville	White Knoll
Poverty rate	18.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1970	2007