Boiling Spring Lakes vs Oak Island

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

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

Oak Island has the higher population (8,888 vs 6,206 in Boiling Spring Lakes). Oak Island has the higher median household income ($83,483 vs $59,750 in Boiling Spring Lakes). Oak Island has the higher median home value ($407,400 vs $260,400 in Boiling Spring Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Oak Island
Population	6,206	8,888
Median age	46.8 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,750	$83,483
Median home value	$260,400	$407,400
Median gross rent	$1,337	$1,208
Housing units	3,454	10,431
Homeownership rate	76.6%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Oak Island
Population	6,021 → 6,206 (+3.1%)	7,851 → 8,888 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$60,065 → $59,750 (-0.5%)	$72,821 → $83,483 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$162,200 → $260,400 (+60.5%)	$255,900 → $407,400 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $1,337 (+52.6%)	$1,072 → $1,208 (+12.7%)

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

Oak Island

Population

7,8518,888

Median household income

$72,821$83,483

Median home value

$255,900$407,400

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Oak Island
Under 5	2.3%	1.2%
5 to 17	15.6%	6.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	3.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	3.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	5.1%
45 to 54	17.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	27.7%
65 to 74	13.2%	27.1%
75 and over	9.1%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Oak Island
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	94.0%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Oak Island
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.1%
High school graduate	24.0%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	50.7%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Oak Island
Drove alone	79.7%	71.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	21.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Oak Island
1-unit, detached	75.5%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.7%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Oak Island
Poverty rate	8.7%	9.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1999	1995