North Carolina · Census place 06760
Boiling Spring Lakes city, NC
Quick answer
Boiling Spring Lakes city has 6,206 residents, ranking #140 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $59,750, the median home is worth $260,400 and median gross rent runs $1,337 a month.
- Population
- 6,206Boiling Spring Lakes city residents
- Median household income
- $59,750Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $260,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,337Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 46.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 76.6%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Boiling Spring Lakes city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Boiling Spring Lakes city median would spend about 26.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.7% of residents and 76.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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