Photo: Bubba73 · CC BY-SA 3.0Pembroke has lower unemployment (2.0%) than 85% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Pembroke B−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers; Georgia has 16%. About one in ten work in Pembroke itself; outside it, Savannah draws the most (18%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Pembroke
Pembroke’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pembroke is Savannah, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (169) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Pembroke workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Pembroke workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 943 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Pembroke’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pembroke is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #105 of 263 in Georgia. Unemployment holds Pembroke’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (14.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pembroke could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The commute from Pembroke, by distance
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Pembroke’s commute takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pembroke workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,308 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% 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.
Who works in Pembroke, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 845 residents head out to work, 98 work right here, and 788 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Pembroke commutes to
Where Pembroke clocks in
4% 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.
The 886 jobs based in Pembroke
886 jobs are based in Pembroke.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pembroke, 2013 → 2023: 881 → 886. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pembroke’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Pembroke, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pembroke is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #159 of 263 in Georgia. Both inputs place Pembroke 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 1,336 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.9% of Pembroke households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pembroke’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Pembroke is 2,423rd among 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Berkeley Lake GA | 2,034 | $166K | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Avondale Estates GA | 3,543 | $124K | 6.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 210 | Isle of Hope GA | 2,053 | $105K | 1.4% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,421 | Grenelefe FL | 2,797 | $60K | 15.8% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| 2,422 | Mineralwells WV | 2,389 | $65K | 13.9% | 1.1% | 2% | B− |
| 2,423 | Pembroke GA | 2,706 | $73K | 14.6% | 2.0% | 10% | B− |
| 2,424 | Fairmont City IL | 2,154 | $48K | 33.7% | 1.7% | 4% | B− |
| 2,425 | Delta OH | 3,291 | $63K | 15.4% | 2.6% | 9% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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: questions
What is the median household income in Pembroke?
$72,705 (±$8,637) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pembroke?
14.6%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pembroke?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pembroke work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Savannah (18%, 26 mi), Pooler (5%, 21 mi), Garden City (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pembroke walkable?
Pembroke is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pembroke without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pembroke, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pembroke
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.