Pinehurst vs Seven Lakes

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

Pinehurst and Seven Lakes 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 4,823 in Seven Lakes). Pinehurst has the higher median household income ($104,955 vs $91,495 in Seven Lakes). Pinehurst has the higher median home value ($423,300 vs $365,500 in Seven Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Pinehurst	Seven Lakes
Population	17,992	4,823
Median age	58.8 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,955	$91,495
Median home value	$423,300	$365,500
Median gross rent	$1,790	$900
Housing units	9,670	2,540
Homeownership rate	86.3%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.0%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinehurst	Seven Lakes
Population	16,050 → 17,992 (+12.1%)	4,903 → 4,823 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$82,081 → $104,955 (+27.9%)	$82,969 → $91,495 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$293,100 → $423,300 (+44.4%)	$290,000 → $365,500 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,420 → $1,790 (+26.1%)	$1,167 → $900 (-22.9%)

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

Seven Lakes

Population

4,9034,823

Median household income

$82,969$91,495

Median home value

$290,000$365,500

Median gross rent

$1,167$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pinehurst	Seven Lakes
Under 5	3.9%	1.2%
5 to 17	12.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.3%	4.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	5.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	19.5%	24.4%
75 and over	19.8%	19.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinehurst	Seven Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	82.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinehurst	Seven Lakes
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	11.2%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.8%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinehurst	Seven Lakes
Drove alone	69.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	7.8%
Other means	1.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinehurst	Seven Lakes
1-unit, detached	84.2%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Pinehurst	Seven Lakes
Poverty rate	4.3%	7.7%
Average household size	2.13	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1995	1996