Best PlacesPembroke, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pembroke, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pembroke ranks 1,436th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pembroke
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Pembroke's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pembroke ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$157,844 median, better than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
Where Pembroke ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Short commute34.5 minutes each way, better than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pembroke
A household needs to earn about $164,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pembroke home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $157,844; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Pembroke's effective rate of 1.08%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pembroke
Pembroke runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pembroke.
Who works in Pembroke, and how
Work in Pembroke centers on professional & technical and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Pembroke
Pembroke has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of towns and more parkland per resident than 95% of towns. The coast is about 16 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Pembroke and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pembroke, month by month
Pembroke sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 56° | 48° | 41° |
| July | 82° | 74° | 66° |
| October | 64° | 56° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Pembroke
General Edward Lawrence Logan International sits about 23 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 21.1 million passengers in 2025, with 199 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pembroke
Schools across Pembroke average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Pembroke ElementaryA · 63% proficient
- Martinson ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Alden SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Duxbury MiddleA · 62% proficient
- Furnace Brook MiddleA− · 53% proficient
- Pembroke Community Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Duxbury HighA+ · 86% proficient
- Marshfield HighA · 74% proficient
- Pembroke High SchoolA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pembroke school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pembroke measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Pembroke against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pembroke
Is Pembroke a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pembroke ranks 1,436th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, high incomes, and health care access, and lowest on childcare costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pembroke expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $605,942. The overall cost of living runs about 24% above the national average. Set against a $157,844 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Pembroke safe?
Yes, Pembroke is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $120 per resident a year.
Compare Pembroke with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pembroke. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pembroke represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Pembroke detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pembroke: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pembroke: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pembroke: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pembroke: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pembroke detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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