Best PlacesBoiling Spring Lakes, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boiling Spring Lakes, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Boiling Spring Lakes ranks 18,214th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Boiling Spring Lakes
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Boiling Spring Lakes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Boiling Spring Lakes ranks high
- School gradeA−, better than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of towns
Where Boiling Spring Lakes ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 31% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Boiling Spring Lakes
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boiling Spring Lakes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $63,301, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Boiling Spring Lakes' effective rate of 0.66%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Boiling Spring Lakes
Boiling Spring Lakes runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Boiling Spring Lakes.
Who works in Boiling Spring Lakes, and how
Work in Boiling Spring Lakes centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Boiling Spring Lakes
The coast is about 19 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Boiling Spring Lakes, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Boiling Spring Lakes, month by month
Boiling Spring Lakes sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 47° | 39° |
| April | 73° | 64° | 56° |
| July | 89° | 82° | 76° |
| October | 77° | 68° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Boiling Spring Lakes
The nearest airport, Wilmington International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 134 miles away.
The best schools in and around Boiling Spring Lakes
Schools across Boiling Spring Lakes average an A−, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Southport ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
- Bolivia ElementaryB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Brunswick MiddleA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Brunswick County Early CollegeA+ · 98% proficient
- South Brunswick HighA− · 66% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boiling Spring Lakes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boiling Spring Lakes measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Boiling Spring Lakes against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Boiling Spring Lakes
Is Boiling Spring Lakes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boiling Spring Lakes ranks 18,214th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low crime, and fast internet, and lowest on disaster risk and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boiling Spring Lakes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $288,677. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $63,301 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Boiling Spring Lakes safe?
Yes, Boiling Spring Lakes is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $190 per resident a year.
Compare Boiling Spring Lakes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boiling Spring Lakes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boiling Spring Lakes represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Boiling Spring Lakes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boiling Spring Lakes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boiling Spring Lakes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boiling Spring Lakes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boiling Spring Lakes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boiling Spring Lakes detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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