About Lesslie

Lesslie is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,388 people and just one neighborhood, Lesslie is the 160th largest community in South Carolina.

Lesslie is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lesslie is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lesslie who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.05%), management occupations (10.56%), and teaching (8.88%).

Lesslie is a very car-oriented town. 99.69% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Lesslie is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Lesslie has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, Lesslie does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Lesslie Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Lesslie is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 14.82% of adults 25 and older in Lesslie have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lesslie in 2000 was $19,215, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,860 for a family of four.

The people who call Lesslie home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lesslie is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lesslie include Scotch-Irish, German, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Lesslie is English.