Is Pinehurst a good place to live?
Pinehurst’s weakest subject grade is a D for health. Only 79 of Texas’ 998 towns score lower on health. Pinehurst's schools rank behind 91% of the state's. Pinehurst has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Pinehurst for work
Where Pinehurst’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Pinehurst grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Pinehurst is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Pinehurst: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pinehurst, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Pinehurst.
Compared with most of Texas and the rest of the country, more of Pinehurst’s adults have high blood pressure
44% of adults have high blood pressure in Pinehurst, above both the Texas town median (35%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). 17% of adults have diabetes in Pinehurst. Pinehurst beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| Pinehurst | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Pinehurst | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.4% | 74.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.4% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pinehurst’s grade for schools is a D
Its public schools are run by West Orange-Cove CISD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Orange-Stark ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 1,133 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
A typical Pinehurst home is worth about $157K
The typical Pinehurst home is worth about $157,000, up 6.2% in a year, 47% below the Texas typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Pinehurst’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Pinehurst for work: only 2% work in town. Pinehurst’s median household income is $50,000, against $69,000 in Texas’ towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Since 2013, Pinehurst has added 29 jobs, to 463 in 2023.
| Pinehurst | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $50,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hurricanes leads a high hazard risk in Pinehurst
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 246 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pinehurst.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Pinehurst sees more crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns
The violent crime rate in Pinehurst is 4.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Pinehurst | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.5 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 7.2 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
In Pinehurst, expect mild winters and hot summers
Pinehurst has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Pinehurst’s July high is 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Pinehurst has set aside 0.2% of its land for conservation
0.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Pinehurst | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.2% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. West Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Spindletop and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pinehurst. Close and well known come first.
19 mi LandmarkSpindletop
16 mi National PreserveBig Thicket National Preserve228K visitors a year2 mi MuseumStark Museum of Art19 mi MuseumSpindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum
in town GardenShangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center
19 mi MuseumEdison MuseumPhoto credits
Spindletop: i_am_jim, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Big Thicket National Preserve: NPS, Public domain · Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum: i_am_jim, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Edison Museum: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0
Everything we know about Pinehurst
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Pinehurst
About 3 of every 100 Pinehurst residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Pinehurst
City in Texas, United States
Pinehurst is a city in Orange County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,232 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Area code
- 409
Questions about Pinehurst
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pinehurst, TX expensive?
That is 2.4 years of the area's median household income ($64,659 across the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.