Boiling Spring Lakes is a somewhat small coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 6,658 people and two associated neighborhoods, Boiling Spring Lakes is the 141st largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some cities, Boiling Spring Lakes isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Boiling Spring Lakes are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Boiling Spring Lakes is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Boiling Spring Lakes who work in sales jobs (12.85%), business and financial occupations (8.57%), and maintenance occupations (7.79%). A relatively large number of people in Boiling Spring Lakes telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.70% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Boiling Spring Lakes has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Boiling Spring Lakes a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Boiling Spring Lakes is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. As is often the case in a small city, Boiling Spring Lakes doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Boiling Spring Lakes citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.84% of adults 25 and older in Boiling Spring Lakes have a college degree. The per capita income in Boiling Spring Lakes in 2022 was $36,542, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,168 for a family of four. However, Boiling Spring Lakes contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Boiling Spring Lakes home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Boiling Spring Lakes residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Boiling Spring Lakes include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Boiling Spring Lakes is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
