Boiling Springs vs Fallston

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

Boiling Springs and Fallston 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 602 in Fallston). Boiling Springs has the higher median household income ($98,796 vs $49,250 in Fallston). Boiling Springs has the higher median home value ($236,800 vs $86,800 in Fallston).

Population, income & housing

	Boiling Springs	Fallston
Population	4,625	602
Median age	22.9 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$98,796	$49,250
Median home value	$236,800	$86,800
Median gross rent	$897	$708
Housing units	1,301	330
Homeownership rate	79.1%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boiling Springs	Fallston
Population	4,565 → 4,625 (+1.3%)	509 → 602 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$71,532 → $98,796 (+38.1%)	$28,750 → $49,250 (+71.3%)
Median home value	$183,600 → $236,800 (+29.0%)	$110,600 → $86,800 (-21.5%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $897 (+41.3%)	$494 → $708 (+43.3%)

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

Fallston

Population

509602

Median household income

$28,750$49,250

Median home value

$110,600$86,800

Median gross rent

$494$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boiling Springs	Fallston
Under 5	6.5%	15.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	7.1%
18 to 24	28.9%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	22.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	5.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	8.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	4.6%	8.8%
75 and over	4.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boiling Springs	Fallston
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	90.2%
Black or African American	16.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boiling Springs	Fallston
No high school diploma	6.2%	21.0%
High school graduate	19.8%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boiling Springs	Fallston
Drove alone	78.8%	90.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boiling Springs	Fallston
1-unit, detached	89.8%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	25.8%

Poverty & households

	Boiling Springs	Fallston
Poverty rate	2.8%	32.4%
Average household size	3.21	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1993	1974