Aberdeen vs Pinehurst

A side-by-side comparison of Aberdeen and Pinehurst: population, income, housing, and more.

Aberdeen and Pinehurst are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pinehurst has the higher population (17,992 vs 8,969 in Aberdeen). Pinehurst has the higher median household income ($104,955 vs $72,955 in Aberdeen). Pinehurst has the higher median home value ($423,300 vs $287,200 in Aberdeen).

Population, income & housing

	Aberdeen	Pinehurst
Population	8,969	17,992
Median age	36.1 yrs	58.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,955	$104,955
Median home value	$287,200	$423,300
Median gross rent	$1,151	$1,790
Housing units	4,207	9,670
Homeownership rate	62.8%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	62.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aberdeen	Pinehurst
Population	7,595 → 8,969 (+18.1%)	16,050 → 17,992 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$54,597 → $72,955 (+33.6%)	$82,081 → $104,955 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$202,100 → $287,200 (+42.1%)	$293,100 → $423,300 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $1,151 (+41.2%)	$1,420 → $1,790 (+26.1%)

Aberdeen

Population

7,5958,969

Median household income

$54,597$72,955

Median home value

$202,100$287,200

Median gross rent

$815$1,151

Pinehurst

Population

16,05017,992

Median household income

$82,081$104,955

Median home value

$293,100$423,300

Median gross rent

$1,420$1,790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aberdeen	Pinehurst
Under 5	7.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	19.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	17.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.3%	19.5%
75 and over	6.5%	19.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aberdeen	Pinehurst
White (non-Hispanic)	65.6%	86.8%
Black or African American	21.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.0%
Asian	3.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aberdeen	Pinehurst
No high school diploma	4.8%	1.9%
High school graduate	21.1%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aberdeen	Pinehurst
Drove alone	77.8%	69.5%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.5%	21.8%
Other means	4.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aberdeen	Pinehurst
1-unit, detached	64.1%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.9%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Aberdeen	Pinehurst
Poverty rate	10.3%	4.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	2003	1995