Unemployment in Boiling Springs (3.5%) is lower than in 61% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 25 minutes each way, next to 26 for South Carolina and 26 for the U.S. For jobs and income Boiling Springs is better than 60% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (C+). Only 5% stay in Boiling Springs for work; outside it, Spartanburg is the main destination (18%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Boiling Springs: the gist
The better-paid jobs are outside Boiling Springs
60% of Boiling Springs residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 30% of the jobs based in Boiling Springs pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Boiling Springs has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Boiling Springs went from 2,511 in 2013 to 3,753 in 2023, +49%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Boiling Springs pay little
30% of the jobs based in Boiling Springs pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 40% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Boiling Springs earns its Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Boiling Springs’ grade up (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($72,068, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Boiling Springs could be anywhere from C to A.
What Boiling Springs’ employers do
3,753 jobs are based in Boiling Springs.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boiling Springs, 2013 → 2023: 2,511 → 3,753. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boiling Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Boiling Springs by day
On a workday 5,010 residents head out to work, 245 work right here, and 3,508 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Boiling Springs on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Boiling Springs’ working residents head each day
Where Boiling Springs clocks in
18% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Time on the road from Boiling Springs: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boiling Springs workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,934 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across South Carolina: 86% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Boiling Springs to work
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Boiling Springs is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.4% across South Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,721 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.5% of Boiling Springs households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Boiling Springs’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000, Boiling Springs ranks 1,238th of 2,354 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 64 | Tega Cay SC | 14,457 | $142K | 1.5% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 233 | James Island SC | 12,660 | $104K | 5.6% | 1.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 727 | Powdersville SC | 10,771 | $85K | 9.3% | 1.7% | 6% | A− |
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| 1,236 | Beacon NY | 14,931 | $108K | 9.0% | 7.3% | 15% | B |
| 1,237 | Forestville MD | 10,495 | $71K | 10.3% | 5.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,238 | Boiling Springs SC | 12,936 | $72K | 9.9% | 3.5% | 5% | B |
| 1,239 | Fairview Heights IL | 16,175 | $81K | 8.8% | 6.4% | 9% | B |
| 1,240 | Discovery Bay CA | 14,911 | $147K | 7.4% | 8.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Boiling Springs, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Next door to Boiling Springs
The biggest share goes to Valley Falls (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boiling Springs workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boiling Springs | – | B | C+ | 25 min | $72,068 |
| Valley Falls | 3% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $55,661 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Boiling Springs’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Boiling Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Boiling Springs?
$72,068 (±$16,286) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boiling Springs?
9.9%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boiling Springs?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boiling Springs work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spartanburg (18%, 8 mi), Greenville (6%, 26 mi), Southern Shops (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Boiling Springs walkable?
Boiling Springs is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boiling Springs without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boiling Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boiling Springs
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.