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Pembroke, KY

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Overview


Pembroke is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 874 people and just one neighborhood, Pembroke is the 271st largest community in Kentucky. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Pembroke, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Pembroke, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Pembroke’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Pembroke does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $69,196.00.

Pembroke real estate is some of the most expensive in Kentucky, although Pembroke house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Pembroke, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.94% of Pembroke’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Pembroke is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pembroke who work in office and administrative support (13.91%), healthcare (9.57%), and management occupations (6.96%).

Pembroke is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Pembroke, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

A relatively large number of people in Pembroke telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.26% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Pembroke has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Pembroke a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Being a small city, Pembroke does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of Pembroke citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.04% of adults in Pembroke have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Pembroke in 2022 was $29,293, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,172 for a family of four. However, Pembroke contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Pembroke is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pembroke home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pembroke residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pembroke include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, German, and Czechoslovakian.

The most common language spoken in Pembroke is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 91.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Puerto Rican and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Puerto Rican ancestry and 0.7% have Czechoslovakian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 12.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Pembroke are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 18.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 39.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.0%), and 11.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 73.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Pembroke, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Puerto Rican (12.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.5%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (6.4%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (70.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (14.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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