PinehurstTX
A town of 4,266, settled in 1904.
Is Pinehurst a good place to live?
Pinehurst gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $393K for a typical one, or 4.8 years of the Houston metro’s $82K median household income. It grades B+ overall, ranked 60th of 640 in Texas. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 91% of U.S. towns. Pinehurst’s average trip to work is 34 minutes, above both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
What makes Pinehurst stand out
Where Pinehurst beats most towns.
Pinehurst has grown 12% from 2010 to 2020
4,624 counted in 2010 and 5,195 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
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
Pinehurst is unincorporated, so Montgomery County and regional agencies provide most services.
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.
Pinehurst trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
About one in three of Pinehurst’s working residents commute to Houston
Pinehurst has 400 jobs for its 2,603 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 34.3 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Most working residents leave Pinehurst for work: only 0% work in town. Jobs based in Pinehurst grew to 400 in 2023, 260 more than in 2013. 6% of Pinehurst residents live below the poverty line.
| Pinehurst | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools in Pinehurst beat 66% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Magnolia ISD. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audubon ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 509 | – |
| Magnolia Classical Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 59 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Pinehurst’s grade for cost of living is an A−
Homes are within reach (about $393K for the typical one, A− for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 24 miles.
The typical Pinehurst home is worth about $393,000, down 1.9% in a year, 32% above the Texas typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Low risk in Pinehurst, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Pinehurst, expect mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 41.6°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 94.3°.
Pinehurst has warm winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Pinehurst is 42°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Pinehurst | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 42°F | 37°F | 22°F |
| July high | 94°F | 95°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Pinehurst is healthier than 60% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,367 U.S. towns with household incomes like Pinehurst’s, it is healthier than 84%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
Pinehurst beats the Texas average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 18% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Pinehurst.
| Pinehurst | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 74% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 36% |
| What stands out | Pinehurst | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 7.1% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pinehurst has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
Just 0 of its 5,094 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Pinehurst itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.1 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Pinehurst
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Pinehurst
About 1 of every 100 Pinehurst residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
100% of working residents leave Pinehurst for work
Where Pinehurst’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Pinehurst’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Pinehurst.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinehurst | #60 | B+ | A− | — | B+ | B |
| Magnolia | #73 | B+ | C− | A− | B+ | B |
| Stagecoach | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pinehurst reports no FBI crime data of its own. Stagecoach isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pinehurst with a neighbor →
Questions about Pinehurst
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pinehurst, TX a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Pinehurst grades B+ overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #60 of 640 in Texas. It grades B for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Pinehurst, TX expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.