Pinehurst vs Whispering Pines

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

Pinehurst 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.

Pinehurst has the higher population (17,992 vs 5,081 in Whispering Pines). Whispering Pines has the higher median household income ($112,517 vs $104,955 in Pinehurst). Whispering Pines has the higher median home value ($452,800 vs $423,300 in Pinehurst).

Population, income & housing

	Pinehurst	Whispering Pines
Population	17,992	5,081
Median age	58.8 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$104,955	$112,517
Median home value	$423,300	$452,800
Median gross rent	$1,790	$2,122
Housing units	9,670	1,854
Homeownership rate	86.3%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.0%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinehurst	Whispering Pines
Population	16,050 → 17,992 (+12.1%)	3,288 → 5,081 (+54.5%)
Median household income	$82,081 → $104,955 (+27.9%)	$79,943 → $112,517 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$293,100 → $423,300 (+44.4%)	$318,900 → $452,800 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,420 → $1,790 (+26.1%)	$1,490 → $2,122 (+42.4%)

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

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)

	Pinehurst	Whispering Pines
Under 5	3.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.5%	30.2%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.1%
25 to 34	6.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	17.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	10.0%
65 to 74	19.5%	8.1%
75 and over	19.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinehurst	Whispering Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinehurst	Whispering Pines
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.2%
High school graduate	11.2%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.8%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinehurst	Whispering Pines
Drove alone	69.5%	80.6%
Carpooled	6.0%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	15.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinehurst	Whispering Pines
1-unit, detached	84.2%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pinehurst	Whispering Pines
Poverty rate	4.3%	5.8%
Average household size	2.13	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1995	1999