Pinehurst vs Southern Pines

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

Pinehurst and Southern Pines 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 16,052 in Southern Pines). Pinehurst has the higher median household income ($104,955 vs $83,681 in Southern Pines). Pinehurst has the higher median home value ($423,300 vs $416,300 in Southern Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Pinehurst	Southern Pines
Population	17,992	16,052
Median age	58.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$104,955	$83,681
Median home value	$423,300	$416,300
Median gross rent	$1,790	$1,215
Housing units	9,670	8,711
Homeownership rate	86.3%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.0%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinehurst	Southern Pines
Population	16,050 → 17,992 (+12.1%)	14,022 → 16,052 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$82,081 → $104,955 (+27.9%)	$58,843 → $83,681 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$293,100 → $423,300 (+44.4%)	$289,700 → $416,300 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,420 → $1,790 (+26.1%)	$912 → $1,215 (+33.2%)

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

Southern Pines

Population

14,02216,052

Median household income

$58,843$83,681

Median home value

$289,700$416,300

Median gross rent

$912$1,215

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pinehurst	Southern Pines
Under 5	3.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	12.5%	11.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	6.3%	16.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	7.2%
65 to 74	19.5%	12.2%
75 and over	19.8%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinehurst	Southern Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinehurst	Southern Pines
No high school diploma	1.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	11.2%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	26.8%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinehurst	Southern Pines
Drove alone	69.5%	74.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	14.1%
Other means	1.5%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinehurst	Southern Pines
1-unit, detached	84.2%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	14.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Pinehurst	Southern Pines
Poverty rate	4.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.13	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1995	1994