Overall, Leary’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Leary has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Leary has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Leary than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Leary may be for you.
Despite the fact that it is a small city, Leary has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the city for affordable transportation.
The percentage of people in Leary with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.23% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Leary in 2022 was $25,704, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,816 for a family of four.
The people who call Leary home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leary residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Leary include Irish, English, Dutch, Italian, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Leary is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and African languages.
