Pinehurst has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 463 jobs in Pinehurst; 848 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Pinehurst is better than 31% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (B−). Measured by household income, Pinehurst is behind 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Pinehurst
Pinehurst and Orange trade workers both ways
Orange is the top workplace for Pinehurst residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Pinehurst come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Many jobs in Pinehurst pay little
26% of the jobs based in Pinehurst pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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; with 848 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Pinehurst gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Pinehurst’s grade up (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($49,938, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Pinehurst’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pinehurst could be anywhere from C− to B.
20% of working residents work in Orange
Where Pinehurst clocks in
20% of workers
12% of workers
10% 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, mile by mile
About 35% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Jobs in Pinehurst: what the 463 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pinehurst, 2013 → 2023: 434 → 463. 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.
The daily commute in and out of Pinehurst
On a workday 830 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 445 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Pinehurst on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
Commuting from Pinehurst: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 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 786 commuters (the 7% 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.
Most trips from Pinehurst start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 849 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). 6.4% of Pinehurst households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pinehurst’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,641 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000, Pinehurst comes 3,508th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 26 | Shoreacres TX | 1,535 | $131K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,506 | Dillingham AK | 2,075 | $101K | 11.1% | 6.1% | — | C |
| 3,507 | Perry MI | 2,134 | $75K | 19.1% | 7.1% | 7% | C |
| 3,508 | Pinehurst TX | 2,206 | $50K | 12.1% | 2.9% | 2% | C |
| 3,509 | Follansbee WV | 2,668 | $58K | 8.1% | 5.9% | 6% | C |
| 3,510 | Walnut Township IL | 1,549 | $63K | 7.8% | 3.0% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
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?
$49,938 (±$16,832) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pinehurst?
12.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pinehurst?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pinehurst work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orange (20%, 2 mi), Beaumont (12%, 22 mi), Houston (10%, 99 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pinehurst walkable?
Pinehurst is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 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 6% 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.