North Carolina · Census place 3706800

Boiling Springs, North Carolina

Boiling Springs is a town in Cleveland County, North Carolina with an estimated 4,759 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 156th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,759
#156 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+0.6%
+27 people
Land area
4.5 sq mi
Density
1,062 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Boiling Springs. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Boiling Springs population, 2020 to 2024

Boiling Springs added 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

4,73220204,78020214,71820224,76520234,7592024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,620. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Boiling Springs covers 4.48 square miles of land, for 1,062 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Boiling Springs is less dense than the typical town.

What county Boiling Springs is in

All of Boiling Springs's residents live in Cleveland County, which had 102,194 residents in 2024. Boiling Springs holds 4.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Boiling Springs

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Boiling Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28017, 28152. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Boiling Springs is

The Census internal point of Boiling Springs is at 35.252100, -81.663600. Raleigh, the capital, is 174.0 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Shelby, NC (22,778 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 47.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.252100, -81.663600
DMS
35°15'7.56"N 81°39'48.96"W
UTM
17N 439631.3E 3901202.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
867W782P+RH

Daylight in Boiling Springs

At 35.25° N, Boiling Springs gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Boiling Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Shelby, 7.2 miles away, with 22,778 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Boiling Springs, NC?

4,759 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 27 (0.6%) from 4,732 in July 2020.

What county is Boiling Springs in?

Cleveland County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Boiling Springs?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 28017, 28152.

How far is Boiling Springs from Raleigh?

174.0 miles (280.0 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Boiling Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to Boiling Springs?

Shelby, NC, with 22,778 residents, 7.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.