Golf tourism meets a fast-growing retirement corridor in the Sandhills
The Pinehurst-Southern Pines area has shifted noticeably as affluent retirees and remote workers relocate to Moore County, gradually tightening margins in a region that once voted in lopsided Republican supermajorities.
| Group | Local | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 77.2% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(4) | 12.6% | 12.2% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(14) | 6.1% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 2.4% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(6) | 1.0% | 6.0% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(2) | 0.6% | 0.9% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(5) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -19.1pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.2% | 40.2% | — | — | |
| 12.2% | 25.6% | — | — | |
| 10.6% | 22.3% | — | — | |
| 3.5% | 7.3% | — | — | |
| 2.2% | 4.7% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 1.4% | 2.9% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 52.3% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area? 356,995 residents across 4 counties.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Governor | R+29.4 | R+6.8 | 22.6pp |