Pembroke TownshipIL
A town of 1,856, settled in 1877.
Is Pembroke Township a good place to live?
The best of Pembroke Township’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D for incomes. Pembroke Township’s average trip to work is 36 minutes, above both the Illinois town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On health, just 18 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 85% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Kankakee Sands in Illinois, at 700 acres. Pembroke Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Pembroke Township has shrunk 13% since 2010
2,140 counted in 2010 and 1,843 in 2020; an estimated 1,856 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Pembroke Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Pembroke Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Pembroke Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pembroke Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Pembroke Township.
A larger share of adults say their health is fair or poor in Pembroke Township than in most of Illinois or the rest of the country
32% of Pembroke Township adults say their health is fair or poor, against 18% in Illinois’ towns and 19% across U.S. towns. 39% of Pembroke Township adults feel lonely. Among 768 Illinois towns, just 7 have a higher share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Pembroke Township.
| Pembroke Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 18% | 19% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 50% | 37% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 11% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Pembroke Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.8% | 17.8% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.3% | 7.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 27.7% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Pembroke Township fall behind 93% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Pembroke CCSD 259. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorenzo R Smith Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 193 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
The median household income in Pembroke Township is lower than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
The median household income in Pembroke Township is $32,000. Most working residents leave Pembroke Township for work: only 6% work in town. 18% of residents live below the poverty line in Pembroke Township.
| Pembroke Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $32,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.7% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pembroke Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Pembroke Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kankakee Sands in Illinois | — | 700 |
| 2. Tallmadge Sand Forest Land and Water Reserve | — | 541 |
| 3. Pembroke Savanna Nature Preserve | 0.2 mi | 122 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Pembroke Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pembroke Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Pembroke Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Pembroke Township
About 4 of every 100 Pembroke Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
94% of working residents leave Pembroke Township for work
Where Pembroke Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Pembroke Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Pembroke Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,843 and it contained 936 housing units. Pembroke Township was formed from parts of Momence township on February 17, 1877. From its beginning through today, Pembroke Township was a site of community for Black farmers.
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- Established
- 1877
- Area
- 52 sq mi
- Elevation
- 663 ft
- ZIP code
- 60958
Pembroke Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Pembroke Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pembroke Township | — | — | A− | — | D | D |
| St. Anne Township | — | — | B+ | — | — | B− |
| Beaverville Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ganeer Township | #726 | D | C+ | — | C+ | C |
Pembroke Township and St. Anne Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Pembroke Township, St. Anne Township and Ganeer Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Beaverville Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pembroke Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Pembroke Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pembroke Township, IL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.