Belwood vs Boiling Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Belwood and Boiling Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boiling Springs has the higher population (4,625 vs 928 in Belwood). Boiling Springs has the higher median household income ($98,796 vs $49,078 in Belwood). Boiling Springs has the higher median home value ($236,800 vs $180,600 in Belwood).

Population, income & housing

	Belwood	Boiling Springs
Population	928	4,625
Median age	46.6 yrs	22.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,078	$98,796
Median home value	$180,600	$236,800
Median gross rent	$907	$897
Housing units	401	1,301
Homeownership rate	81.0%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belwood	Boiling Springs
Population	999 → 928 (-7.1%)	4,565 → 4,625 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$43,828 → $49,078 (+12.0%)	$71,532 → $98,796 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $180,600 (+88.5%)	$183,600 → $236,800 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $907 (+44.4%)	$635 → $897 (+41.3%)

Belwood

Population

999928

Median household income

$43,828$49,078

Median home value

$95,800$180,600

Median gross rent

$628$907

Boiling Springs

Population

4,5654,625

Median household income

$71,532$98,796

Median home value

$183,600$236,800

Median gross rent

$635$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belwood	Boiling Springs
Under 5	5.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	3.3%	28.9%
25 to 34	8.4%	11.0%
35 to 44	5.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	28.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	4.6%
75 and over	7.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belwood	Boiling Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	75.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	16.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belwood	Boiling Springs
No high school diploma	13.5%	6.2%
High school graduate	43.3%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belwood	Boiling Springs
Drove alone	92.9%	78.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belwood	Boiling Springs
1-unit, detached	63.6%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.7%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Belwood	Boiling Springs
Poverty rate	13.9%	2.8%
Average household size	2.71	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	39	23
Median year structure built	1988	1993