West End, North Carolina.
, asking rent $2,300 . Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$964 (+124%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- North Carolina$1,743
- United States$1,922
Living in West End, Moore County, North Carolina
The Census does not count West End on its own, so the figures here are Moore County's. Half the county's households earn more than $86,080 a year and half less; 10% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 76% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 24% are rented. Unemployment in Moore County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 6.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Moore County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. West End sits in Moore County, in the Sandhills region of central North Carolina. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and the people here are older on average than the country as a whole. Winters are cool with little snow, summers are hot, and rain falls often through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and in professional and business services. Jobs in the county grew over the past year, and fewer people are out of work than a year earlier. Many adults hold a four-year degree, and incomes are in the same range as the county's.
Things to do. Goodwin State Forest is a protected area a short drive away, good for quiet walks among the pines. Sandhills Horticultural Gardens, a botanical garden also a short drive away, offers a pleasant outing for anyone who enjoys plants. The North Carolina Zoo, a zoo a longer drive away, is worth the trip for a full day out.
Report a mistake
- 44,013households
- 43.0median age
- 41%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 27 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What people in Moore County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Moore County had 42,751 jobs in 2025, 6.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 53° and lows near 31°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 69°. About 1 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Carthage Wtp weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Moore County
- Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalGeneral hospital3,160FTE
- Moore County SchoolsSchool district1,613FTE
- PinehurstResort hotels without casinos1,508
- Lee Electrical ConstructionElectrical contractors1,046
- County of Moore Local GovernmentGeneral services departments, government919
- Sandhills Community CollegeTwo-year college657
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters324
- Penick VillageSkilled nursing facilities258
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 84 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 13,065 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (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
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Moore County, 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 Moore County and the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro.
West End home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 West End listings — the market is heating up.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- West End23.60%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- West End65
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- West End14
Zip codes with a West End address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls West End — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.