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.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Pinehurst is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.44% of the Pinehurst workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Pinehurst is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Pinehurst who work in food service (13.47%), management occupations (11.11%), and maintenance occupations (10.57%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.44% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. In Pinehurst, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.56 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. 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 23.78% of adults in Pinehurst having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Pinehurst in 2022 was $26,957, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,828 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 27.97% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pinehurst include German, English, French, Italian, and Irish. In addition, Pinehurst has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.37%). The most common language spoken in Pinehurst is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Russian.
