Best PlacesPembroke Park, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pembroke Park, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pembroke Park ranks 45,994th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pembroke Park
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 Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pembroke Park ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
Where Pembroke Park ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pembroke Park
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pembroke Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,724, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Park's effective rate of 0.98%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pembroke Park
Pembroke Park runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pembroke Park.
Who works in Pembroke Park, and how
Work in Pembroke Park centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Pembroke Park
Pembroke Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of towns. The coast is about 9 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Pembroke Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pembroke Park, month by month
Pembroke Park sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 79, with lows near 59. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79° | 68° | 59° |
| April | 87° | 77° | 69° |
| July | 93° | 85° | 77° |
| October | 88° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Pembroke Park
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International sits about 7 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 15.7 million passengers in 2025, with 180 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pembroke Park
Schools across Pembroke Park average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nova Blanche Forman ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Lake Forest Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Watkins Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nova Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pembroke Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pembroke Park 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 Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pembroke Park
Is Pembroke Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pembroke Park ranks 45,994th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, state infrastructure, and biking, and lowest on car insurance costs and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pembroke Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $179,729. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $50,724 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Pembroke Park safe?
Pembroke Park is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $443 per resident a year.
Compare Pembroke Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pembroke Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pembroke Park 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 Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pembroke Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pembroke Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pembroke Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pembroke Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pembroke Park 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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