Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Pinehurst at work: jobs, income and the commute
Pinehurst has 3,010 jobs for 3,749 working residents. Only 2% work in Pinehurst; the top destination outside it is Billerica (11%, 2 miles). The average commute takes 27 minutes each way (Massachusetts 29, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Pinehurst
Pinehurst makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Pinehurst are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pinehurst residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in Pinehurst are in trade, transport and utilities, against 17% of the jobs its residents hold. 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.
Pinehurst makes things: 37% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pinehurst, 2013 → 2023: 2,835 → 3,010. 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.
A workday in Pinehurst: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,660 residents head out to work, 89 work right here, and 2,921 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,100 people are in Pinehurst on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).
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 Pinehurst’s working residents head each day
Where Pinehurst clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Pinehurst’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pinehurst workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,246 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Pinehurst, by distance
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.
Bordering towns draw 12% of Pinehurst’s workers
The biggest share goes to Burlington (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pinehurst workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinehurst | – | — | — | 27 min | $146,250 |
| Bedford | 4% | A− | A− | 26 min | $172,400 |
| Burlington | 8% | A | A | 28 min | $146,436 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pinehurst’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 Pinehurst: questions
What is the median household income in Pinehurst?
$146,250 (±$26,787) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pinehurst?
2.9%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pinehurst?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pinehurst work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Billerica (11%, 2 mi), Boston (9%, 18 mi), Burlington (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pinehurst without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 5% 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.