Pinehurst is a somewhat small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,195 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pinehurst is the 369th largest community in Texas.
A relatively large number of people in Pinehurst telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.29% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
One downside of living in Pinehurst, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.35 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Pinehurst does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Pinehurst are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.14% of adults in Pinehurst having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pinehurst in 2022 was $28,726, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,904 for a family of four. However, Pinehurst contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pinehurst is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pinehurst home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pinehurst residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Pinehurst also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.84% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pinehurst include German, Irish, French, Italian, and English.
In addition, Pinehurst has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.75%).
The most common language spoken in Pinehurst is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.