Pemberton HeightsNJ
Some 2,619 people live in this town, in New Jersey.
Is Pemberton Heights a good place to live?
Of the 469 New Jersey towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Pemberton Heights. We don’t grade Pemberton Heights yet; the figures below are still real.
100% of working residents leave Pemberton Heights for work
Where Pemberton Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Pemberton Heights.
Pemberton Heights has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The middle household income for Pemberton Heights comes to $76,000, below both the New Jersey town median ($113,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Employers in Pemberton Heights shed 69 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 162. The top destinations are Pemberton Township (7%), Trenton (6%) and Philadelphia (4%). Pemberton Heights’ typical journey to work is 27 minutes.
| Pemberton Heights | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $76,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Pemberton Heights
July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Pemberton Heights has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Pemberton Heights’ risk rating from FEMA stands at 38 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 51% come from inland flooding and 7% from hurricanes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Pemberton Heights is
For adults in Pemberton Heights, the share who had a checkup this year is 80%. The town does better than the New Jersey average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 15. 13% of Pemberton Heights adults have diabetes, above both New Jersey’s towns (9.7%) and U.S. towns (12%).
| Pemberton Heights | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 22% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 9.7% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 32% | 35% |
| What stands out | Pemberton Heights | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.6% | 7.5% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 68.1% | 63.4% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 9.8% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Compared with most of New Jersey and the rest of the country, the median rent in Pemberton Heights is lower
In Pemberton Heights, 54% of households own their home.
| Pemberton Heights | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 54% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,071 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Pemberton Heights
Pine Barrens and 178 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pemberton Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw24 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw18 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a year
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw25 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Pine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Six Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Pemberton Heights: who provides what
Pemberton Heights is unincorporated, so Burlington County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Pemberton Heights
About 4 of every 100 Pemberton Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
About Pemberton Heights
Populated place in Burlington County, New Jersey, US
Pemberton Heights is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Pemberton Township, in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Pemberton Heights had a population of 2,485.
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- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 59 ft
Pemberton Heights’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Pemberton Heights.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pemberton Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pemberton | — | — | C− | — | C | C |
Pemberton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Pemberton reports no FBI crime data of its own. Pemberton Heights isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pemberton Heights with a neighbor →
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