Pembroke Park has lower household incomes than 84% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Pembroke Park are C+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Poverty touches 26.8% of residents; Florida has 12.6%. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Pembroke Park in brief
Few Pembroke Park workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
41% of the jobs in Pembroke Park are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Pembroke Park workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Pembroke Park’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pembroke Park is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #416 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Pembroke Park’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pembroke Park could be anywhere from C− to B.
A commute of about 33 minutes in Pembroke Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pembroke Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,401 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
32% of the jobs in Pembroke Park make or build things
3,967 jobs are based in Pembroke Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pembroke Park, 2014 → 2024: 4,153 → 3,967. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pembroke Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Pembroke Park for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,991 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 3,916 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,400 people are in Pembroke Park on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
9% of working residents work in Miami
Where Pembroke Park clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where in the region Pembroke Park works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Pembroke Park is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pembroke Park is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #20 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Pembroke Park near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,500 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 68% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 14.3% of Pembroke Park households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Pembroke Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,160th of 3,306: where Pembroke Park ranks among U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 167 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,158 | Kalifornsky AK | 8,663 | $94K | 8.6% | 5.2% | — | C+ |
| 2,159 | Rancho Calaveras CA | 7,131 | $89K | 13.9% | 2.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,160 | Pembroke Park FL | 6,425 | $53K | 26.8% | 3.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,161 | LaFayette GA | 7,157 | $46K | 14.3% | 0.6% | 27% | C+ |
| 2,162 | Round Lake Park IL | 7,844 | $56K | 8.7% | 8.6% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,306 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pembroke Park, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door is work for 10% of Pembroke Park
The biggest share goes to Hollywood (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pembroke Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pembroke Park | – | C+ | A+ | 33 min | $52,928 |
| West Park | under 3% | C+ | A | 33 min | $65,952 |
| Hallandale Beach | 3% | C | A | 30 min | $52,340 |
| Ives Estates | under 3% | B− | A | 34 min | $72,239 |
| Hollywood | 7% | C+ | A | 29 min | $67,203 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pembroke Park’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Pembroke Park: questions
What is the median household income in Pembroke Park?
$52,928 (±$5,290) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pembroke Park?
26.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pembroke Park?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pembroke Park work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (9%, 15 mi), Fort Lauderdale (8%, 11 mi), Hollywood (7%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pembroke Park walkable?
Pembroke Park is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.6 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pembroke Park without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 68% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pembroke Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pembroke Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.