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Pinehurst, NC
Pinehurst is the village that golf built: a planned resort community founded in 1895 around a grand hotel, with brick streets, longleaf pines, and the most famous golf in America. The 2025 Census estimate puts the village at about 18,670 residents. For buyers it is a market of two speeds: walkable village life near downtown and the resort, or club-community living at places like CCNC, Pinewild, and Forest Creek.
Pinehurst at a glance
18,670
Village residents, 2025 Census estimate
11
Eighteen-hole courses at Pinehurst Resort
40
Courses within 15 miles, per area guides
What it's like to live here
A town with a point of view.
Everything in Pinehurst orbits the Village: the resort's restaurants and shops, the World Golf Hall of Fame, and a town green that fills with people for summer concerts and holiday parades. Streets are walkable and golf-cart friendly, and the pace slows after dinner. When the U.S. Open returns to Pinehurst No. 2, as it did in June 2024, the whole village becomes the backdrop for the most-watched week in golf.
The housing market here is two stories in one. Olde Towne and the streets near the Village carry some of the highest prices in Moore County, while the gated club communities, Pinewild, CCNC, and Forest Creek, trade on prestige and amenities. Farther out, family-friendly neighborhoods like Village Acres offer the same village life at a more approachable price. Golf-cart access, club memberships, and architectural controls all matter, so a local eye is worth real money.
Day to day
- The Village: brick streets, boutique windows, an inn, and resort life at the corner of downtown.
- Home of American Golf: 11 eighteen-hole resort courses, plus about 40 courses within 15 miles.
- Golf-cart-friendly streets and gated club communities like CCNC, Pinewild, and Forest Creek.
- Blue Ribbon schools: Pinehurst Elementary (K-5) feeds the path to Pinecrest High.
- Village events through the year: Holly Arts & Crafts in October, Live After 5 summer concerts, the Independence Day parade.
Streets & subdivisions
Where buyers actually land.
These are the neighborhoods, subdivisions, and streets that come up most in searches around Pinehurst. Some feed specific schools; some carry club memberships; all of them have a story worth hearing before you write an offer.
The Village core
Olde Towne
Village Acres
Southwest Pinehurst
Country Club of North Carolina (CCNC)
Pinewild Country Club
Forest Creek
Pinehurst No. 7 (Fairwoods)
Pinehurst No. 9 (The National)
Schools
The feeder pattern around Pinehurst.
Moore County Schools serves the whole county, and most local families feed toward Pinecrest High. The schools below are the ones most commonly in play for Pinehurst addresses.
Pinehurst Elementary
K-5 North Carolina Blue Ribbon School at 100 Dundee Road.
West Pine Middle
Area middle school on the Pinecrest feeder path.
Pinecrest High
The district's largest high school, serving the Sandhills.
Assignment follows the Moore County zone map. Confirm your address with the district.
Things to do
Local favorites around Pinehurst.
Real venues with real addresses: the places residents actually go. Visit them before you move, and again after.
Pinehurst Resort
Resort golf, dining, spa, and village shops.
Pinehurst No. 2
Host course of the 2024 U.S. Open.
World Golf Hall of Fame
The hall now makes its home at Pinehurst.
The Roast Office
Village coffee favorite on Cherokee Road.
Pinehurst Brewing Company
Brick-and-steel taproom near the Village.
Forest Creek Golf Club
Private club golf minutes from the Village.
Village of Pinehurst events
Calendar of concerts, markets, and parades.
Next step
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