Boiling Springs is a somewhat small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 10,405 people and four associated neighborhoods, Boiling Springs is the 48th largest community in South Carolina. Boiling Springs has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Boiling Springs, where the median household income is $68,993.00.Boiling Springs is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Boiling Springs is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Boiling Springs who work in office and administrative support (17.86%), healthcare (9.10%), and management occupations (8.55%). Also of interest is that Boiling Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.46% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Being a small town, Boiling Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Boiling Springs citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.90% of adults in Boiling Springs have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Boiling Springs in 2022 was $34,688, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,752 for a family of four. However, Boiling Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Boiling Springs is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Boiling Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Boiling Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Boiling Springs include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Boiling Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
