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 12.24% 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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pinehurst, the average commute to work is 35.81 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Pinehurst doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Pinehurst are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.56% of adults in Pinehurst having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pinehurst in 2022 was $31,044, 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 $124,176 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 Native Hawaiian. Pinehurst also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.52% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pinehurst include German, English, Irish, Hungarian, and Czech.
Pinehurst also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.92%.
The most common language spoken in Pinehurst is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.