Boiling Springs vs Spartanburg

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

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

Spartanburg has the higher population (38,578 vs 12,609 in Boiling Springs). Boiling Springs has the higher median household income ($79,798 vs $51,193 in Spartanburg). Boiling Springs has the higher median home value ($230,000 vs $185,300 in Spartanburg).

Population, income & housing

	Boiling Springs	Spartanburg
Population	12,609	38,578
Median age	33.9 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,798	$51,193
Median home value	$230,000	$185,300
Median gross rent	$1,267	$1,043
Housing units	4,740	17,586
Homeownership rate	76.0%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boiling Springs	Spartanburg
Population	9,508 → 12,609 (+32.6%)	37,424 → 38,578 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$61,946 → $79,798 (+28.8%)	$40,053 → $51,193 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $230,000 (+41.5%)	$125,600 → $185,300 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,267 (+62.4%)	$810 → $1,043 (+28.8%)

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

Spartanburg

Population

37,42438,578

Median household income

$40,053$51,193

Median home value

$125,600$185,300

Median gross rent

$810$1,043

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boiling Springs	Spartanburg
Under 5	6.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	20.2%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	11.3%
25 to 34	18.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.8%
75 and over	4.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boiling Springs	Spartanburg
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	46.4%
Black or African American	16.5%	42.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	4.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boiling Springs	Spartanburg
No high school diploma	7.6%	13.1%
High school graduate	29.4%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boiling Springs	Spartanburg
Drove alone	78.6%	77.5%
Carpooled	11.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.8%	6.6%
Other means	0.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boiling Springs	Spartanburg
1-unit, detached	74.8%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	12.3%
20 or more units	3.4%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Boiling Springs	Spartanburg
Poverty rate	9.2%	24.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	2006	1969