Boiling Spring Lakes is a somewhat small coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 6,400 people and two associated neighborhoods, Boiling Spring Lakes is the 141st largest community in North Carolina.

A relatively large number of people in Boiling Spring Lakes telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.49% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Boiling Spring Lakes has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Boiling Spring Lakes a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Boiling Spring Lakes is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Being a small city, Boiling Spring Lakes does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of adults in Boiling Spring Lakes with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.72% of adults in Boiling Spring Lakes have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Boiling Spring Lakes in 2022 was $33,068, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,272 for a family of four. However, Boiling Spring Lakes contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Boiling Spring Lakes home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Boiling Spring Lakes residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Boiling Spring Lakes include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Boiling Spring Lakes is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.