Boiling Springs vs Woodruff

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

Boiling Springs and Woodruff 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 4,337 in Woodruff). Boiling Springs has the higher median household income ($79,798 vs $64,292 in Woodruff). Boiling Springs has the higher median home value ($230,000 vs $188,500 in Woodruff).

Population, income & housing

	Boiling Springs	Woodruff
Population	12,609	4,337
Median age	33.9 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,798	$64,292
Median home value	$230,000	$188,500
Median gross rent	$1,267	$772
Housing units	4,740	2,199
Homeownership rate	76.0%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boiling Springs	Woodruff
Population	9,508 → 12,609 (+32.6%)	4,246 → 4,337 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$61,946 → $79,798 (+28.8%)	$32,295 → $64,292 (+99.1%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $230,000 (+41.5%)	$106,300 → $188,500 (+77.3%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,267 (+62.4%)	$584 → $772 (+32.2%)

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

Woodruff

Population

4,2464,337

Median household income

$32,295$64,292

Median home value

$106,300$188,500

Median gross rent

$584$772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boiling Springs	Woodruff
Under 5	6.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.2%	18.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	18.2%	17.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	17.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	6.6%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.9%
75 and over	4.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boiling Springs	Woodruff
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	65.0%
Black or African American	16.5%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	4.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boiling Springs	Woodruff
No high school diploma	7.6%	13.7%
High school graduate	29.4%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boiling Springs	Woodruff
Drove alone	78.6%	82.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	2.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boiling Springs	Woodruff
1-unit, detached	74.8%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	5.2%
20 or more units	3.4%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Boiling Springs	Woodruff
Poverty rate	9.2%	14.7%
Average household size	2.68	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	2006	1963