Cost of living in Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,385 a month.
Boiling Spring Lakes is a city in North Carolina. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $62,676 a year.
- People
- 6,347
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,385
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $62,676
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $292,300
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,574
- Brunswick County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area
Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina has about 6,347 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $292,300.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Brunswick County is $1,574 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Boiling Spring Lakes. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Wilmington, NC metro area, prices sit at 96.4 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
North Carolina taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Boiling Spring Lakes's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical North Carolina home paid 15.16¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Boiling Spring Lakes's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for North Carolina in the table we use.
Among 407 places we list in North Carolina with a rent figure, 86 have higher typical rent than Boiling Spring Lakes.
Nearby places
- St. JamesCompare with Boiling Spring Lakes
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Typical rent $1,339
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Typical rent $1,513
Compare with Boiling Spring Lakes - Kure Beach
Typical rent $1,436
Compare with Boiling Spring Lakes - Sea BreezeCompare with Boiling Spring Lakes
- Silver Lake
Typical rent $1,416
- Leland
Typical rent $1,735
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in North Carolina
Bigger places in North Carolina
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.