Boiling Spring Lakes vs Leland

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

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

Leland has the higher population (26,307 vs 6,206 in Boiling Spring Lakes). Leland has the higher median household income ($88,576 vs $59,750 in Boiling Spring Lakes). Leland has the higher median home value ($358,800 vs $260,400 in Boiling Spring Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Leland
Population	6,206	26,307
Median age	46.8 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,750	$88,576
Median home value	$260,400	$358,800
Median gross rent	$1,337	$1,603
Housing units	3,454	11,995
Homeownership rate	76.6%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Leland
Population	6,021 → 6,206 (+3.1%)	20,294 → 26,307 (+29.6%)
Median household income	$60,065 → $59,750 (-0.5%)	$68,924 → $88,576 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$162,200 → $260,400 (+60.5%)	$243,200 → $358,800 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $1,337 (+52.6%)	$1,173 → $1,603 (+36.7%)

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

Leland

Population

20,29426,307

Median household income

$68,924$88,576

Median home value

$243,200$358,800

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,603

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Leland
Under 5	2.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	11.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	17.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.7%
65 to 74	13.2%	19.4%
75 and over	9.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Leland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	80.9%
Black or African American	3.9%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Leland
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	24.0%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	50.7%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Leland
Drove alone	79.7%	77.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	13.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Leland
1-unit, detached	75.5%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	1.7%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Leland
Poverty rate	8.7%	5.8%
Average household size	2.12	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1999	2008