Work & commute · Pinehurst

Work & commute in Pinehurst, NC

About one in 4 of Pinehurst’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Southern Pines (14%), Aberdeen (5%) and Fayetteville (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

1,409 of 5,902 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,493 Pinehurst residents head out of town to work, 1,409 work right here, and 11,613 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pinehurst.

4,493live here, work elsewhere

1,409live and work here

11,613work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pinehurst goes to work

Pinehurst (in town)right here

24%1,409

Southern Pines3.8 mi away

14%800

Aberdeen4.4 mi away

5%300

Fayetteville29.1 mi away

4%241

Raleigh64.3 mi away

4%239

Charlotte76.9 mi away

4%213

Seven Lakes8.3 mi away

2%108

Greensboro65.5 mi away

2%91

Sanford26.7 mi away

1%87

Carthage9.8 mi away

1%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,328

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Pinehurst commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

52%

13%

30%

52%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pinehurst is a job hub

2.21jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Pinehurst are

13,022 jobs are based in Pinehurst. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pinehurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pinehurst

13,022 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Pinehurst residents hold

5,902 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+55%

Jobs based in Pinehurst, 2013 → 2023: 8,413 → 13,022. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.