Pembroke is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 7,567 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pembroke is the 45th largest community in New Hampshire.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 town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pembroke who work in management occupations (13.78%), office and administrative support (12.14%), and teaching (8.31%). Also of interest is that Pembroke has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.47% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Being a small town, Pembroke does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Pembroke is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.16% of adults in Pembroke have a college degree. The per capita income in Pembroke in 2022 was $42,412, which is lower middle income relative to New Hampshire, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $169,648 for a family of four. However, Pembroke contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 French, English, Irish, French Canadian, and German. The most common language spoken in Pembroke is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
