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SheetNC-BOILING-SPRING-LAKES-NC · Boiling Spring Lakes, NC 6,206 pop · income 35th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Boiling Spring Lakes
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Boiling Spring Lakes on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mocksville · lowest
55,544
Mocksville · lowest
55,544 median HH income
34.6% of the leader · rank #1
Boiling Sprin… · this city
59,750
Boiling Sprin… · this city
59,750 median HH income
37.2% of the leader · rank #2
Concord · near
59,750
Concord · near
59,750 median HH income
37.2% of the leader · rank #3
Scotland · near
59,750
Scotland · near
59,750 median HH income
37.2% of the leader · rank #4
Lenox · near
59,750
Lenox · near
59,750 median HH income
37.2% of the leader · rank #5
Lake City · near
59,750
Lake City · near
59,750 median HH income
37.2% of the leader · rank #6
Roseland · highest
160,644
Roseland · highest
160,644 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Boiling Spring Lakes on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 6,206.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Boiling Spring Lakes - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Boiling Spring Lakes lands in the 35th percentile for household income and the 39th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
35th
percentile, household income
58th
percentile, home value
48th
percentile, median rent
39th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Boiling Spring Lakes, NC
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 6,206 residents in Boiling Spring Lakes, a small town within North Carolina. Households in Boiling Spring Lakes report a median income of $59,750 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.7%. Typical homes in Boiling Spring Lakes are valued around $260,400, and the median resident age is 46.8 years. Educational attainment runs 19.8% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 57.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 119 residential building permits were authorized in Boiling Spring Lakes (Building Boom), up 153% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Boiling Spring Lakes reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 1723.9 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in North Carolina run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts North Carolina at 94.3 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,161 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in North Carolina run around $215, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 66.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Boiling Spring Lakes's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from reported crime to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to population change to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Boiling Spring Lakes, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What can the FBI record say about safety in Boiling Spring Lakes?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1723.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 24% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
What does the journey to work look like in Boiling Spring Lakes?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 79.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Which cities make useful reference points for Boiling Spring Lakes?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within North Carolina, the closest population matches are Silver Lake (6,242 residents, $73,277 income); Cherryville (6,154 residents, $58,701 income); Briar Chapel (6,084 residents, $154,583 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Gleneagle, CO (6,207 residents); White Oak, TX (6,208 residents); Freeport, FL (6,203 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Is Boiling Spring Lakes growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +976 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +16.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 119 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Boiling Spring Lakes?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
4.4×
Home value
$260,400
Household income
$59,750
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Below median income · poverty 0.7% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
94.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, North Carolina average
C-
City profile score · Boiling Spring Lakes, NC
53/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
0.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living B-
94.3 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime F
290 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income F
$59,750
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
19.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Boiling Spring Lakes profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 95/100 (A+) · 0.7%
Cost of living: 67/100 (B-) · 94.3 index
Violent crime: 35/100 (F) · 290 /100k
Household income: 34/100 (F) · $59,750
Bachelor's+ share: 34/100 (F) · 19.8%
Where Boiling Spring Lakes sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Boiling Spring Lakes's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Boiling Spring Lakes highlighted among 26 peers.Read the chart values
Boiling Spring Lakes, NC (this city): home $260,400, crime 1,724/100k
White Oak, TX : home $219,200, crime 884/100k
Roseland, NJ : home $640,600, crime 766/100k
Paulsboro, NJ : home $169,400, crime 2,178/100k
Cherryville, NC : home $198,000, crime 3,169/100k
Dallas, NC : home $221,700, crime 2,072/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Boiling Spring Lakes compare to other US cities?
Here's how Boiling Spring Lakes stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income35% higher than other cities
Home value58% pricier than other cities
Median rent48% pricier than other cities
Safety39% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to North Carolina alone, Boiling Spring Lakes ranks #59 of 195 North Carolina cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Boiling Spring Lakes against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to North Carolina only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
North Carolina-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Boiling Spring Lakes near the bottom of North Carolina's cities
Among the 746 North Carolina cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Boiling Spring Lakes ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Boiling Spring Lakes only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#339 of 700
51st percentile in North Carolina
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 746
0th percentile in North Carolina
Median Home Value
#208 of 708
71st percentile in North Carolina
Poverty Rate
#649 of 746
13th percentile in North Carolina
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#418 of 746
44th percentile in North Carolina
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within North Carolina only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
35th percentile nationally for median household income · 39th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Boiling Spring Lakes's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Boiling Spring Lakes's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Boiling Spring Lakes's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$260,40042nd percentilemore affordable than 42% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Boiling Spring Lakes's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,670 of 15,516
More affordable than 25% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,976 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.4×, Boiling Spring Lakes sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,670 of 15,516 and #8,976 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$59,750Boiling Spring Lakes, NC median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Boiling Spring Lakes, NC median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Boiling Spring Lakes, NC.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)19.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)57.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
6,206
Median Income
$59,750
Median Home Value
$260,400
Median Age
46.8
Poverty Rate
0.7%
Labor force participation
57.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
19.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1723.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
289.7
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1434.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Boiling Spring Lakes's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
5,899 residents
2021
6,095 residents
2022
6,311 residents
2023
6,569 residents
2024
6,699 residents
2025
6,875 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
119
housing units authorized
Single-Family
119
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
19.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
47
47
0
$9.1M
2020
76
76
0
$24.8M
2021
101
101
0
$21.9M
2022
139
139
0
$34.0M
2023
133
133
0
$36.2M
2024
119
119
0
$33.3M
Permit volume increased 153% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
79.7%
Carpool
3.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.1%
Work from Home
15.7%
Other
0.8%
Based on 2,974 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
North Carolina statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $215
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across North Carolina at $215 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are North Carolina statewide averages, not a meter reading for Boiling Spring Lakes. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
North Carolina's BEA cost-of-living index is 94.3 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Boiling Spring Lakes is $1,161/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to North Carolina statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 66.7 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a North Carolina statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Boiling Spring Lakes sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Boiling Spring Lakes compares to similar-size North Carolina cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.