Pembroke Pines is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 137,112 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Pembroke Pines is the tenth largest community in Florida.

Pembroke Pines is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.30% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Pembroke Pines is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pembroke Pines who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.36%), sales jobs (13.80%), and management occupations (12.72%).

Also of interest is that Pembroke Pines has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In Pembroke Pines, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.80 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Pembroke Pines is a very car-oriented city: 97.5% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. In fact, the general consensus among people in Pembroke Pines is that if you need to get anywhere, you're going to have to drive. The landscape is very car-oriented, and features shopping centers, strip malls, parking lots, and wide streets. Pedestrians are discouraged by the fact that sidewalks are not always present, which makes attempts at walking downright daunting in certain parts of town.

Pembroke Pines Information and Demographics

The education level of Pembroke Pines citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 28.68% of adults in Pembroke Pines have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Pembroke Pines in 2000 was $23,843, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $95,372 for a family of four.

Pembroke Pines is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pembroke Pines home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Pembroke Pines is White, followed by African-American. Pembroke Pines also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.97% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Pembroke Pines include Italian, Jamaican, German, Irish, English, Polish, and Russian.

In addition, Pembroke Pines has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (28.97%).

The most common language spoken in Pembroke Pines is English. Some people also speak Spanish.