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Pinehurst, Texas.

A city in Orange County. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Orange County’s.

Living in Pinehurst, Orange County, Texas

Pinehurst is a city of 2,232 people in Orange County. Unemployment in Orange County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 4.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Orange County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 2,232 in the 2020 census; median age 42.6
Household income Too few homes in Pinehurst for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 5.3% Orange County, August 2026; 5.1% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Pinehurst for the Census survey to measure.
  • 917households
  • 13%of adults have a degree
  • 12%below the poverty line
  • 25 mintypical commute
  • 7%work from home

What people in Orange County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care19%
  • Manufacturing18%
  • Building trades13%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Orange County had 25,398 jobs in 2025, 4.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 61° and 40°; warmest in August, 90° and 72° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 61° 40° F M A M J J A 90° 72° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 61° and 40°; warmest in August, 90° and 72° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 61° 40° F M A M J J A 90° 72° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 61° and lows near 40°; warmest in August, with highs near 90° and lows near 72°. About 64 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Orange North weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Orange County

  1. Cpchem OsblIndustrial building construction3,348
  2. TIC - The Industrial CompanyPetrochemical plant construction1,417
  3. The Dow Chemical Company - Orange, TexasBenzene made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons863
  4. ENT - Orange County Power Station 2x1, TPower plant construction837
  5. Vidor ISDSchool district699FTE
  6. STI GroupPetrochemical plant construction618
  7. Golden Triangle PolymersOther heavy and civil engineering construction600
  8. Little Cypress-mauriceville CisdSchool district520FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 62 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 12,621 people in all across the county; Pinehurst has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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

  1. HurricanesRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
  4. Ice stormsrelatively high in parts of PinehurstRelatively moderate
  5. Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of PinehurstRelatively moderate
  6. Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of PinehurstRelatively 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 moderate. 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 Orange County.