Pinehurst-Southern Pines migration, mapped
In 2022–23, 6,920 people moved into the Pinehurst metro and 5,978 moved out, a net of +942. Yellow arcs are people arriving, blue arcs are people leaving. Hover a dot to see the corridor, or click through to compare.
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† IRS methodology change in this year’s files (see methodology)
What the flows say
- Biggest published corridors: Rest of North Carolina leads both directions, with 947 people in and 779 out in 2022–23. The listed corridors cover about 43–44% of all flows; the totals count everyone.
- Trend: net inflow has cooled over the last three years, from +2,547 in 2020–21 to +942 in 2022–23†.
Population · 2025
110,619
▲ 2.1% year over year · growing
Peak population
110,619
highest in the series shown (since 2000)
Why the population is changing
- Growth driver: domestic migration added more people than anything else: +2,206 in 2025, ahead of births minus deaths (−157) and international migration (+207).
- Peak population: the 2025 estimate of 110,619 is the highest on record, in data going back to 2000.
Net income flow · 2022–23
+$85M
▲ $338M arrived · $254M left
Avg household income · movers
$93k in · $81k out
arrivals out-earn leavers by 15%
Pinehurst wealth migration
- Money moved: households moving into the Pinehurst metro in 2022–23 reported $338M in income (AGI). Households leaving took $254M with them, a net gain of $85M.
- Income gap: the average household moving in reported $93k of income, vs $81k for leavers. Arrivals out-earn leavers by 15%.
About the data
Corridors are IRS county-to-county migration flows added up into metro areas (2023 Census metro definitions; exemptions ≈ people). "Rest of" entries cover a state's counties outside any featured metro. The IRS hides corridors with fewer than 20 returns, so the lists here cover about 44% of inbound and 43% of outbound movers in 2022–23. The in, out, and net totals count everyone. Income figures are the total income (AGI) movers reported, from the complete county totals. Dollars are not adjusted for inflation, and household averages divide by the number of returns. Population figures are Census Bureau estimates; the peak covers records since 2000. Years marked † had a change in how the IRS built the files. Full details on the methodology page.
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