With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Pinehurst works elsewhere
For jobs and income Pinehurst is better than 72% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (D). Pinehurst has 400 jobs, and 2,603 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Pinehurst for work; outside it, Houston is the main destination (35%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pinehurst, in a few figures
Pinehurst is a place people come home to
There are 400 jobs based in Pinehurst, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pinehurst has about 2,100 people in it, 52% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Pinehurst works in Houston
922 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Houston, 34 miles away. That’s far more as work in Pinehurst itself. The commute map ↓
Pinehurst workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Pinehurst makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Pinehurst are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pinehurst residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. 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.
How Pinehurst earns its Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Pinehurst’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($61,832, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pinehurst could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How a workday changes Pinehurst
On a workday 2,590 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 387 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Pinehurst on a workday afternoon, 52% fewer than live here.
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 places Pinehurst commutes to
Where Pinehurst clocks in
35% of workers
5% 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.
Getting to work from Pinehurst takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pinehurst workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,377 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 40% of the jobs in Pinehurst
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pinehurst, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 400. 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Pinehurst
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.
The commute in Pinehurst is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,569 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). 0.0% of Pinehurst households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pinehurst’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Pinehurst is 1,169th among 4,039 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,167 | Lynn Township PA | 4,296 | $88K | 5.8% | 3.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,168 | Del Monte Forest CA | 3,613 | $143K | 6.1% | 5.2% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,169 | Pinehurst TX | 4,266 | $62K | 6.0% | 3.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,170 | Homer NY | 3,054 | $72K | 6.2% | 1.1% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,171 | Southport NC | 4,434 | $88K | 6.4% | 0.0% | 15% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Texas.
Next door to Pinehurst
The biggest share goes to Magnolia (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
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?
$61,832 (±$13,416) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pinehurst?
6.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pinehurst?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pinehurst work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (35%, 34 mi), Tomball (6%, 8 mi), Magnolia (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pinehurst walkable?
Pinehurst is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pinehurst without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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.