Pinebluff vs Whispering Pines

A side-by-side comparison of Pinebluff and Whispering Pines: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whispering Pines has the higher population (5,081 vs 1,723 in Pinebluff). Whispering Pines has the higher median household income ($112,517 vs $75,188 in Pinebluff). Whispering Pines has the higher median home value ($452,800 vs $219,800 in Pinebluff).

Population, income & housing

	Pinebluff	Whispering Pines
Population	1,723	5,081
Median age	40.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,188	$112,517
Median home value	$219,800	$452,800
Median gross rent	$1,100	$2,122
Housing units	666	1,854
Homeownership rate	75.7%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinebluff	Whispering Pines
Population	1,664 → 1,723 (+3.5%)	3,288 → 5,081 (+54.5%)
Median household income	$56,563 → $75,188 (+32.9%)	$79,943 → $112,517 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$160,900 → $219,800 (+36.6%)	$318,900 → $452,800 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,007 → $1,100 (+9.2%)	$1,490 → $2,122 (+42.4%)

Pinebluff

Population

1,6641,723

Median household income

$56,563$75,188

Median home value

$160,900$219,800

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,100

Whispering Pines

Population

3,2885,081

Median household income

$79,943$112,517

Median home value

$318,900$452,800

Median gross rent

$1,490$2,122

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pinebluff	Whispering Pines
Under 5	7.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.6%	30.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	7.1%
35 to 44	9.2%	17.8%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.1%
75 and over	10.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinebluff	Whispering Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	85.9%
Black or African American	20.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinebluff	Whispering Pines
No high school diploma	8.5%	1.2%
High school graduate	22.9%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	43.7%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinebluff	Whispering Pines
Drove alone	75.0%	80.6%
Carpooled	14.1%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	15.7%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinebluff	Whispering Pines
1-unit, detached	96.7%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pinebluff	Whispering Pines
Poverty rate	4.1%	5.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1986	1999