Pinamalayan is one of the identified provincial growth centers and is extremely well positioned to be such. Its good strategic location, being at the center of the province, complements well for the development of facilities to service the surrounding municipalities.

The vast land resources of Pinamalayan serve as its primary strength as they are highly suitable for agricultural production. Large areas are presently devoted to production of major economic crops such as rice, banana, coconut, vegetables and fruit trees. One of the major visible impacts of these strengths was attaining the highest rice productivity among all rice producing towns in the province. Also, it has a highly successful hog and cattle dispersal program. Its large pasture can be exploited to support the development of a commercial livestock industry not to mention the abundance of raw materials that can be used as feed ingredients.

Other comparative advantages include a rich marine fishing ground of Tablas Strait, large and developed brackishwater fishpond areas, abundance of milkfish and prawn fry and fingerlings in the wild, and the growing number of Tilapia fishpond areas because of its acceptability as alternative enterprise and protein source.

More than half (55%) of the population are in their economically productive years that can support any expanded agricultural, commercial or industrial activity.

The municipality hosts a Domestic Airport in Barangay Pambisan Munti with enough facilities although not yet on a stable operation. It had two informal ports in Barangays Pili and Recodo, Zone I.

Pinamalayan has the best planned Poblacion in Oriental Mindoro. Its grid-pattern of roads have 20-meter wide right-of-ways in major segments that can still absorb further urban growths.