Boiling Spring Lakes vs Carolina Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Boiling Spring Lakes and Carolina Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Boiling Spring Lakes and Carolina Shores are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Boiling Spring Lakes has the higher population (6,206 vs 4,843 in Carolina Shores). Carolina Shores has the higher median household income ($74,310 vs $59,750 in Boiling Spring Lakes). Carolina Shores has the higher median home value ($276,000 vs $260,400 in Boiling Spring Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Carolina Shores
Population	6,206	4,843
Median age	46.8 yrs	65.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,750	$74,310
Median home value	$260,400	$276,000
Median gross rent	$1,337	$1,948
Housing units	3,454	2,848
Homeownership rate	76.6%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Carolina Shores
Population	6,021 → 6,206 (+3.1%)	4,163 → 4,843 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$60,065 → $59,750 (-0.5%)	$63,048 → $74,310 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$162,200 → $260,400 (+60.5%)	$193,100 → $276,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $1,337 (+52.6%)	$1,513 → $1,948 (+28.8%)

Boiling Spring Lakes

Population

6,0216,206

Median household income

$60,065$59,750

Median home value

$162,200$260,400

Median gross rent

$876$1,337

Carolina Shores

Population

4,1634,843

Median household income

$63,048$74,310

Median home value

$193,100$276,000

Median gross rent

$1,513$1,948

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Carolina Shores
Under 5	2.3%	1.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	5.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	3.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	5.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	3.4%
45 to 54	17.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	20.3%
65 to 74	13.2%	30.2%
75 and over	9.1%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Carolina Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	92.7%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Carolina Shores
No high school diploma	5.5%	1.3%
High school graduate	24.0%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	50.7%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Carolina Shores
Drove alone	79.7%	77.1%
Carpooled	3.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	14.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Carolina Shores
1-unit, detached	75.5%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Carolina Shores
Poverty rate	8.7%	3.0%
Average household size	2.12	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1999	2005