Cataldo Mission · Photo: Vatsun at en.wikipedia · CC BY 3.0At 1.3%, unemployment in Pinehurst is lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
Only 8% stay in Pinehurst for work; outside it, Kellogg is the main destination (15%, 5 miles). The two grades for Pinehurst are B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes, where Idaho has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pinehurst: the figures worth knowing
Pinehurst and Kellogg trade workers both ways
Kellogg is the top workplace for Pinehurst residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Pinehurst come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Pinehurst workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Idaho. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 639 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Pinehurst earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pinehurst is better than 51% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Pinehurst’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pinehurst could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Where the trip to work from Pinehurst ends
Where Pinehurst clocks in
15% 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.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Pinehurst
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pinehurst workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 862 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Idaho: 84% 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.
Who works in Pinehurst, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 590 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 319 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Pinehurst on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
The 368 jobs based in Pinehurst
368 jobs are based in Pinehurst.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pinehurst, 2013 → 2023: 287 → 368. 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 Pinehurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Pinehurst goes to work
About 19% 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.
In Pinehurst, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pinehurst is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Pinehurst near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 962 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). 4.0% of Pinehurst households have no vehicle (Idaho 3.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Pinehurst’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Pinehurst is 2,233rd of 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 922 | Robie Creek ID | 1,213 | $106K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,276 | Groveland ID | 1,422 | $76K | 2.0% | 4.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,560 | Sun Valley ID | 1,776 | $126K | 6.0% | 0.0% | 25% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,231 | Nessel Township MN | 1,960 | $86K | 6.3% | 2.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,232 | Grafton NY | 2,098 | $101K | 8.0% | 0.9% | 3% | B− |
| 2,233 | Pinehurst ID | 1,780 | $69K | 7.5% | 1.3% | 8% | B− |
| 2,234 | Hillsboro ND | 1,648 | $81K | 6.9% | 1.7% | 34% | B− |
| 2,235 | Culver OR | 1,689 | $91K | 6.8% | 3.9% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Pinehurst, the top three, the last and three more from Idaho.
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 Pinehurst: questions
What is the median household income in Pinehurst?
$68,676 (±$15,439) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pinehurst?
7.5%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pinehurst?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pinehurst work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kellogg (15%, 5 mi), Coeur d'Alene (9%, 29 mi), Osburn (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pinehurst walkable?
Pinehurst is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pinehurst without a car?
2% 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 Pinehurst, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pinehurst
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.