Pinehurst, Massachusetts.
A community in Middlesex County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Middlesex County’s.
Living in Pinehurst, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Pinehurst, in Middlesex County, had 7,368 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $146,250 a year and half less, against $130,847 across Middlesex County; 3% of its people live below the poverty line. 97% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 3% are rented. Unemployment in Middlesex County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 2.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
- 2,312households
- 34%of adults have a degree
- 3%below the poverty line
- 27 mintypical commute
- 13%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Middlesex County had 903,942 jobs in 2025, 2.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 36° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 61°. About 59 inches of snow and 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bedford weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Pinehurst
- Demoulas Super Markets461
- Belmont Instrument headquartersInstruments, mechanical microsurgical, manufacturing189
- Nappa Home OfficeElectric contracting140
- Sunrun Installation Services, Inc.-16 Progress RdElectrical contractors and other wiring installation contractors133
- ColdSnapIce milk specialties manufacturing74
- AMA TransportationGeneral freight trucking, long-distance, truckload71
- Estes Express Lines55
- Consolidated Sterilizer SystemsAutoclaves, laboratory-type, manufacturing54
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 14 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,418 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Pinehurst’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Middlesex County.