Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Most of Pembroke commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, where Kentucky has 24 and the U.S. 26. Pembroke has 131 jobs, and 275 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, against 10% across Kentucky.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Pembroke apart
Pembroke and Hopkinsville trade workers both ways
Hopkinsville is the top workplace for Pembroke residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Pembroke come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 275 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
36% of working residents work in Hopkinsville
Where Pembroke clocks in
36% of workers
8% of workers
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.
How many miles Pembroke commutes
About 36% 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.
Who works in Pembroke, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 271 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Pembroke on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
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 kinds of work in Pembroke
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pembroke, 2013 → 2023: 200 → 131. 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.
About 25 minutes each way, about the KY average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pembroke workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 294 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 85% 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.
36% of Pembroke works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pembroke workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pembroke | – | — | — | 25 min | $70,804 |
| Hopkinsville | 36% | C− | B | 21 min | $49,139 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hopkinsville. Darker towns draw more of Pembroke’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 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?
$70,804 (±$16,427) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pembroke?
14.2%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pembroke?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pembroke work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hopkinsville (36%, 8 mi), Clarksville (8%, 14 mi), Oak Grove (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pembroke without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% 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.