Boiling Spring Lakes vs St. James

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

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

St. James has the higher population (6,901 vs 6,206 in Boiling Spring Lakes). St. James has the higher median household income ($113,670 vs $59,750 in Boiling Spring Lakes). St. James has the higher median home value ($599,300 vs $260,400 in Boiling Spring Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Boiling Spring Lakes	St. James
Population	6,206	6,901
Median age	46.8 yrs	68.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,750	$113,670
Median home value	$260,400	$599,300
Median gross rent	$1,337	$2,258
Housing units	3,454	3,881
Homeownership rate	76.6%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	65.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	St. James
Population	6,021 → 6,206 (+3.1%)	5,521 → 6,901 (+25.0%)
Median household income	$60,065 → $59,750 (-0.5%)	$104,850 → $113,670 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$162,200 → $260,400 (+60.5%)	$456,600 → $599,300 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $1,337 (+52.6%)	$1,862 → $2,258 (+21.3%)

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

St. James

Population

5,5216,901

Median household income

$104,850$113,670

Median home value

$456,600$599,300

Median gross rent

$1,862$2,258

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	St. James
Under 5	2.3%	0.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	1.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	0.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	2.5%
45 to 54	17.5%	4.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	30.2%
65 to 74	13.2%	38.3%
75 and over	9.1%	22.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	St. James
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	88.9%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boiling Spring Lakes	St. James
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.0%
High school graduate	24.0%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	50.7%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	28.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	St. James
Drove alone	79.7%	44.0%
Carpooled	3.7%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	13.1%
Walked	0.1%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	30.7%
Other means	0.8%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	St. James
1-unit, detached	75.5%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boiling Spring Lakes	St. James
Poverty rate	8.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.12	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	53
Median year structure built	1999	2009