HousingPermits

Metro area in North Carolina · part of the Fayetteville-Lumberton-Pinehurst, NC combined area

Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC

The Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area authorized 1,077 new housing units in 2025. No year in the 2004–2025 record brought more permits than 2025, a distinction it shares with 16 other metro areas. Single-family houses made up 99% of the units authorized in 2021–2025, the ninth-highest share among the 387 US metro areas.

03006009001,2002004: 857 units (782 single-family, 12 in 2–4 unit, 63 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 1,075 units (989 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 86 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 1,031 units (965 single-family, 12 in 2–4 unit, 54 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 832 units (784 single-family, 42 in 2–4 unit, 6 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 440 units (408 single-family, 32 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 334 units (312 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 22 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 366 units (366 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 396 units (396 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 426 units (414 single-family, 12 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 540 units (490 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 48 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 608 units (608 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 562 units (560 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 731 units (731 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 720 units (712 single-family, 8 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 762 units (762 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 836 units (836 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 1,021 units (1,021 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 919 units (919 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 982 units (982 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 872 units (872 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 942 units (942 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 1,077 units (1,043 single-family, 34 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)200420072010201320162019202220252025 high · 1,0772009 low · 33404008001,2002004: 857 units (782 single-family, 12 in 2–4 unit, 63 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 1,075 units (989 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 86 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 1,031 units (965 single-family, 12 in 2–4 unit, 54 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 832 units (784 single-family, 42 in 2–4 unit, 6 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 440 units (408 single-family, 32 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 334 units (312 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 22 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 366 units (366 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 396 units (396 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 426 units (414 single-family, 12 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 540 units (490 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 48 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 608 units (608 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 562 units (560 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 731 units (731 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 720 units (712 single-family, 8 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 762 units (762 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 836 units (836 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 1,021 units (1,021 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 919 units (919 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 982 units (982 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 872 units (872 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 942 units (942 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 1,077 units (1,043 single-family, 34 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2004200820122016202020252025 high · 1,077

Single-family2–4 units5+ units

Houses or apartments

The closest match in building mix among the 386 other metro areas is Alexandria (0% in five-plus buildings). Units in five-plus buildings peaked in 2005 (86), single-family houses in 2025 (1,043).

2021–202599.3%99%0.7%2004–200692.3%92%0.8%6.9%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%2021–202599.3%99%0.7%2004–200692.3%92%0.8%6.9%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%

Relative to population

With 110,619 residents in July 2025, Pinehurst authorized 9.0 units per 1,000 residents a year in 2021–2025, 1.9 times the national 4.7. The metro areas with the nearest rates are Phoenix (9.0) and Greenville, SC (8.9).

Busiest permit offices

Across the metro area, 5 permit offices authorized new housing in 2021–2025. The busiest was Moore County (unincorporated), with 2,751 units or 57% of the total, followed by Southern Pines town with 891.

  • Moore County (unincorporated)57% (2,751 units)
  • Southern Pines town19% (891 units)
  • Aberdeen town14% (679 units)
  • Pinehurst village8.6% (411 units)
  • Pinebluff town1.3% (60 units)

Share of the units authorized in the metro area, 2021–2025.

The wider Fayetteville-Lumberton-Pinehurst region

The Census Bureau groups Pinehurst with one neighboring metro area in the Fayetteville-Lumberton-Pinehurst, NC combined area. Metro areas in it authorized 2,604 units a year in 2021–2025 (micropolitan parts not counted); Pinehurst accounted for 37%. The other, with its yearly average: Fayetteville, NC (1,645).

Boom, bust and since

Its peak year is shared by 16 other metro areas, among them Goldsboro, Lewiston, ID, Carson City. Annual permits fell from 1,075 during the mid-2000s boom to 334 in 2009, a drop of 69%. The nearest bust profile in the South Atlantic states was Dover's (69%). The 2021–2025 pace of 958 units a year is 3% below the 2004–2006 pace. Permits rose 5 years in a row up to 2014. From 2024 to 2025 the count rose 14%.

Similar in size

Metro area2004–20252025 unitsPer 1,000 a year5+ share
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY2881.86.1%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN2912.334%
Sebring, FL7687.03.5%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC1,0779.00%
Beckley, WV770.80%

Rates and shares: 2021–2025.

Put Pinehurst beside Sebring

Every yearly figure behind the chart, split by building size: yearly-units.csv. State view: North Carolina. Counting rules.