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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 861 people and just one neighborhood, Pembroke is the 271st largest community in Kentucky. Much of the housing stock in Pembroke was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Pembroke economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Pembroke, where the median household income is $80,893.00.

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

Pembroke is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pembroke is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pembroke who work in office and administrative support (12.19%), healthcare (9.95%), and management occupations (7.71%).

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small city, Pembroke doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Pembroke who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.86% of adults in Pembroke have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Pembroke in 2018 was $30,572, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,288 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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Pembroke include English, German, Irish, Czechoslovakian, and Lithuanian.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Pembroke, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 36 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.6% of 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, 11.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Puerto Rican ancestry and 0.6% have Czechoslovakian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 14.1% 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 upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 18.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.0% 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, 33.5% 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 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.2%), and 15.2% 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 71.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Pembroke, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Puerto Rican (11.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.2%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (6.3%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (6.3%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (72.8%) 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 (13.8%) . 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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