| Official Name: | Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | North Carolina |
| Pushpin Label: | Boiling Spring Lakes |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Brunswick |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 64.19 |
| Area Land Km2: | 62.40 |
| Area Water Km2: | 1.79 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 24.78 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 24.09 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.69 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 5943 |
| Population Density Km2: | 95.24 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 246.67 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 49 |
| Coordinates: | 34.0328°N -78.0686°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 28461 |
| Area Codes: | 910, 472 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 37-06760[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2403889 |
Boiling Spring Lakes is a city in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,943 at the 2020 census,[3] up from 5,372 in 2010.[4]
Boiling Spring Lakes was incorporated as a town in 1961.[5]
In 2018 Hurricane Florence damaged roads in Boiling Spring Lakes and destroyed the dam holding back the main lake in the area. FEMA money has been allotted to repair this. As of June 2024, construction is under way to make these repairs. [6]
North Carolina Highway 87 passes north–south through the center of the community. The city of Wilmington is to the northeast via NC-87 and US-17. Caswell Beach and Oak Island on the Atlantic Ocean are to the south.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Boiling Spring Lakes has a total area of 62.1km2, of which 60.3sqkm is land and 1.8km2, or 2.90%, is water.[4]
| Number | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 5,049 | 84.96% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 210 | 3.53% | |
| Native American | 34 | 0.57% | |
| Asian | 29 | 0.49% | |
| Pacific Islander | 4 | 0.07% | |
| Other/Mixed | 395 | 6.65% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 222 | 3.74% |
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,972 people, 1,208 households, and 941 families residing in the city. The population density was 131.5sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 1,409 housing units at an average density of 62.3sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the city was 94.55% White, 3.26% African American, 0.67% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.10% from other races, and 1.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.61% of the population.
There were 1,208 households, out of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.6% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.1% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.73.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.0% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 27.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $37,165, and the median income for a family was $40,810. Males had a median income of $31,992 versus $21,667 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,079. About 8.1% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.8% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.