Another notable thing is that Pembroke Park is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
In Pembroke Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.52 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Pembroke Park, even though it is a small town, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the, town who have a need for low-cost transportation.
In terms of college education, Pembroke Park is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.96% of adults 25 and older in Pembroke Park have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pembroke Park in 2018 was $19,715, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,860 for a family of four. However, Pembroke Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pembroke Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pembroke Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pembroke Park residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Pembroke Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 37.57% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pembroke Park include Haitian, Jamaican, French Canadian, Bahamian, and Canadian.
Pembroke Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 45.63%.
The most common language spoken in Pembroke Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
