Boiling Spring Lakes vs Sunset Beach

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

Boiling Spring Lakes and Sunset Beach 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 4,326 in Sunset Beach). Sunset Beach has the higher median household income ($84,934 vs $59,750 in Boiling Spring Lakes). Sunset Beach has the higher median home value ($354,300 vs $260,400 in Boiling Spring Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Sunset Beach
Population	6,206	4,326
Median age	46.8 yrs	68.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,750	$84,934
Median home value	$260,400	$354,300
Median gross rent	$1,337	$541
Housing units	3,454	5,220
Homeownership rate	76.6%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Sunset Beach
Population	6,021 → 6,206 (+3.1%)	3,901 → 4,326 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$60,065 → $59,750 (-0.5%)	$57,265 → $84,934 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$162,200 → $260,400 (+60.5%)	$267,900 → $354,300 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $1,337 (+52.6%)	$1,232 → $541 (-56.1%)

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

Sunset Beach

Population

3,9014,326

Median household income

$57,265$84,934

Median home value

$267,900$354,300

Median gross rent

$1,232$541

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Sunset Beach
Under 5	2.3%	1.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	1.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	2.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	2.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	8.1%
45 to 54	17.5%	6.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	20.5%
65 to 74	13.2%	25.0%
75 and over	9.1%	32.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Sunset Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	95.4%
Black or African American	3.9%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Sunset Beach
No high school diploma	5.5%	1.5%
High school graduate	24.0%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	50.7%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Sunset Beach
Drove alone	79.7%	77.5%
Carpooled	3.7%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	19.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Sunset Beach
1-unit, detached	75.5%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Boiling Spring Lakes	Sunset Beach
Poverty rate	8.7%	6.0%
Average household size	2.12	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1999	1998