Best PlacesBoiling Springs, NC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boiling Springs, 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 Springs ranks 7,976th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Boiling Springs
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 Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Boiling Springs ranks high
- School gradeA−, better than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 86% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
Where Boiling Springs ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 34% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 34% of towns
- TransitBetter than only 44% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 79 pleasant days a year, better than only 45% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 46% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Boiling Springs
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boiling Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,453, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Springs' effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Springs
Boiling Springs runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Boiling Springs.
Who works in Boiling Springs, and how
Work in Boiling Springs centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Boiling Springs
Boiling Springs has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Boiling Springs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Boiling Springs, month by month
Boiling Springs sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 41° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Boiling Springs
The nearest airport, Greenville Spartanburg International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around Boiling Springs
Schools across Boiling Springs average an A−, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Springmore ElementaryA− · 61% proficient
- Boiling Springs ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crest MiddleA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Cleveland EchsA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boiling Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boiling Springs 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 Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Boiling Springs
Is Boiling Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boiling Springs ranks 7,976th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, state finances, and population health, and lowest on air quality and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boiling Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $214,486. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $73,453 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Boiling Springs safe?
Boiling Springs is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $391 per resident a year.
Compare Boiling Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boiling Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boiling Springs 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 Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boiling Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boiling Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boiling Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boiling Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boiling Springs 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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