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. One downside of living in Pinehurst, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.56 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 population of Pinehurst overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Pinehurst, 23.78% have at least a bachelor's 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. Pinehurst also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.37%. The most common language spoken in Pinehurst is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Russian.
