Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Renting in Pinehurst: a two-bedroom costs about $2,940
Pinehurst is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Housing in Pinehurst, in brief
About two in three homes sell above asking
In September, 65% of the homes that sold went for more than the asking price and 51% went under contract within two weeks. There were about 1.6 months of homes for sale at that pace, against 2.8 across Massachusetts: 11 listings for 7 sales that month. Expect competition on well-priced homes. How fast homes sell ↓
Nearly every household owns
97% of Pinehurst households own their home, against 63% across Massachusetts. There are only 50 renter households, so rentals are scarce. Property taxes ↓
Written from the data on this page. There’s no Zillow index for Pinehurst, so the typical value is an estimate: the Census median carried forward with the federal house price index; sales and supply are Redfin’s for September 2026; incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Pinehurst isn’t graded
The grade needs at least two of four Census figures: home value, rent, property tax and the share of households paying 30% or more for housing.
Next door, Billerica grades D for cost of living, with a typical home of $697K (Zillow, September 2026).
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,940
Renters already here pay a median of $1,946, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
High tax bills, but a low tax rate
The median bill is $6,316 (Massachusetts: $5,992), because homes cost more. As a share of value it’s 1.01% a year, against 1.07% statewide.
Census American Community Survey 2020–24: the median real-estate tax bill homeowners report, and that bill ÷ the median home value. Bills include town, school and county taxes. The Census reports bills over $10,000 only as “$10,000+”.
Pinehurst vs. its neighbors
Zillow publishes no value for Pinehurst.
Cost next door · one source per column
| Town | Cost | Typical home Zillow, latest | Median value Census 2020–24 | Tax rate bill ÷ value | 2-bed rent HUD 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinehurst | – | — | $624K | 1.01% | $2,940 |
| Billerica | D | $697K | $612K | 1.04% | $2,770 |
| Bedford | D | $1.0M | $899K | 1.11%+ | $3,420 |
| Burlington | D | $867K | $741K | 0.83% | $3,470 |
“—” under Cost: not graded (too little Census data, or under 1,000 residents). “—” under Zillow: Zillow publishes no value for that town, so it’s left blank rather than mixed with Census figures. “+”: the Census reports the tax bill only as $10,000 or more, so the rate is at least that.
Questions about the cost of living in Pinehurst
How much is rent in Pinehurst?
HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $2,940 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in. Renters already here pay a median of $1,946 (Census 2020–24).
What are property taxes in Pinehurst?
The median bill is $6,316 a year, 1.01% of the median home value (Massachusetts: $5,992, 1.07%), from the Census 2020–24.
Why doesn’t Pinehurst have a cost of living grade?
Pinehurst is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Neighbors talk housing
What Pinehurst buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, September 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer. Regional price levels: BEA; electricity: EIA. How TownRatings grades cost of living.