Boiling Springs vs Duncan

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

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

Boiling Springs has the higher population (12,609 vs 4,175 in Duncan). Boiling Springs has the higher median household income ($79,798 vs $51,596 in Duncan). Boiling Springs has the higher median home value ($230,000 vs $182,500 in Duncan).

Population, income & housing

	Boiling Springs	Duncan
Population	12,609	4,175
Median age	33.9 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$79,798	$51,596
Median home value	$230,000	$182,500
Median gross rent	$1,267	$1,045
Housing units	4,740	1,758
Homeownership rate	76.0%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boiling Springs	Duncan
Population	9,508 → 12,609 (+32.6%)	3,473 → 4,175 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$61,946 → $79,798 (+28.8%)	$45,036 → $51,596 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $230,000 (+41.5%)	$121,600 → $182,500 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,267 (+62.4%)	$834 → $1,045 (+25.3%)

Boiling Springs

Population

9,50812,609

Median household income

$61,946$79,798

Median home value

$162,600$230,000

Median gross rent

$780$1,267

Duncan

Population

3,4734,175

Median household income

$45,036$51,596

Median home value

$121,600$182,500

Median gross rent

$834$1,045

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boiling Springs	Duncan
Under 5	6.8%	9.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.0%
25 to 34	18.2%	25.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	9.6%
65 to 74	7.2%	6.9%
75 and over	4.5%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boiling Springs	Duncan
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	49.6%
Black or African American	16.5%	40.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boiling Springs	Duncan
No high school diploma	7.6%	15.9%
High school graduate	29.4%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boiling Springs	Duncan
Drove alone	78.6%	87.9%
Carpooled	11.1%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	0.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boiling Springs	Duncan
1-unit, detached	74.8%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	7.3%
20 or more units	3.4%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Boiling Springs	Duncan
Poverty rate	9.2%	17.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	2006	2001