What salary do you need to live in Pinehurst, NC?

Rent, home values and prices in Pinehurst

Census figures put the median gross rent in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro at $1,007 for a one-bedroom, $1,125 for a two-bedroom and $1,415 for a three-bedroom. Moving from one to two bedrooms adds $118 a month, and the third bedroom another $290.

Homeowners in Pinehurst report a median home value of $351,400. That works out to 4.1× the local median household income of $86,080, a mid-range ratio.

The Regional Price Parity, BEA's index of local prices with the US at 100, is 88.3 here. Below 100 means a paycheck stretches further: $100,000 in Pinehurst has the buying power of roughly $113,204 at national average prices.

The salary lines for a two-bedroom in Pinehurst

The salary lines for a two-bedroom household land at $33,000 for Tight, $66,000 for Okay and $133,000 for Comfortable. The gap between the Okay and Comfortable lines alone is $67,000, which says how much extra income it takes to make housing feel roomy here rather than merely workable.

Reaching Royal takes $297,000 — 2.2× the Comfortable line — because the last points come slowly once rent is already a small share.

These lines come straight from the calculator's formula: the income is raised until the two-bedroom score crosses each cutoff, then rounded up to the next $1,000.

Scores at $50K, $75K, $100K and $150K in Pinehurst

At $75,000 home size barely changes the picture: one, two and three bedrooms all grade Okay, with scores from 45 to 51.

Of the four salaries, $150,000 is the first where a two-bedroom reads Comfortable or better; $100,000 still lands at Okay.

How Pinehurst ranks among 387 metros

On price level Pinehurst is 329th of 387 (1 = most expensive); on two-bedroom rent it is 193rd, and on median home value 112th. Rent and overall prices don't line up exactly, with prices in the bottom quarter and rent near the middle.

Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN ($1,126) and Brunswick-St. Simons, GA ($1,124) bracket Pinehurst on two-bedroom rent.

Pinehurst vs. the rest of North Carolina

Statewide, North Carolina's median two-bedroom rent is $1,164 and its median home value $288,900. Pinehurst's rent is −3% against that, and its home value +22%; the price parity is 88.3 versus 94.3 for the state.

Scored the same way, the statewide figures turn Comfortable at $142,000, so Pinehurst needs $9,000 less than North Carolina overall.

The nearest matches in North Carolina, judged on rent and price parity together, are Fayetteville, NC, Jacksonville, NC, and Greenville, NC.

The median Pinehurst household

A household at the Pinehurst median income of $86,080 would see a two-bedroom score of 53 — Okay — with rent at 16% of income. Reaching Comfortable would take $46,920 more than the median household earns. Statewide, the North Carolina median household ($72,388) grades Okay on the state's own medians. Household income can include more than one earner, so a single salary of the same size goes less far.

Treat every number here as a pre-tax, public-data estimate rather than financial advice.