Pinehurst is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 11,443 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Pinehurst is the 81st largest community in North Carolina.

Pinehurst is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.43% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Pinehurst is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pinehurst who work in sales jobs (17.83%), management occupations (13.68%), and healthcare (11.79%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.70% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Seniors make up 40.25% of Pinehurst's population, making it a popular place to retire. Because of the prominence of the retirement community, Pinehurst is good place for those over 65 to settle, as they will find many opportunities for socializing, as well as having access to many services oriented toward seniors.

Pinehurst is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Pinehurst, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.58% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Pinehurst does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Pinehurst Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Pinehurst is a pretty powerful place. 49.45% of the adults in Pinehurst have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Pinehurst in 2000 was $40,898, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $163,592 for a family of four. However, Pinehurst contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Pinehurst home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Pinehurst is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pinehurst include English, German, Irish, Italian, Scottish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Pinehurst is English.