Pemberton is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 1,376 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pemberton is the 458th largest community in New Jersey. Pemberton has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.
A relatively large number of people in Pemberton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.79% 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.
One downside of living in Pemberton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pemberton, the average commute to work is 31.26 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The percentage of adults in Pemberton who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.26% of the adults in Pemberton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pemberton in 2022 was $38,959, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $155,836 for a family of four. However, Pemberton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pemberton is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Pemberton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pemberton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Pemberton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.27% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pemberton include English, Irish, French, Italian, and German.
The most common language spoken in Pemberton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.