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.Pinehurst is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pinehurst is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pinehurst who work in food service (15.37%), management occupations (15.31%), and sales jobs (10.23%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.29% 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. 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. Pinehurst is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.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, 22.14% have at least a bachelor's 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.
