Best PlacesPembroke Pines, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pembroke Pines, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pembroke Pines ranks 272nd of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 19 minutes away. Its strengths are state infrastructure and low taxes. The cost shows up in car insurance costs, disaster risk, and summer heat.
The best neighborhoods in Pembroke Pines
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.
The best areas in Pembroke Pines
The parts of Pembroke Pines, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Britannia
It is quieter, incomes run higher, and local pay stretches further.
Silver Lakes
More residents vote and more adults hold degrees.
The Lakes at Pembroke & Embassy Lakes
More households have young kids and crime runs lower.
Pembroke Falls & Promenade Square
Heat risk is higher.
The Islands
Streets are more walkable, though schools score lower.
Walnut Creek
Prices have run up more and commutes are longer.
Four Palm Lakes at Pembroke
Health outcomes score lower.
Pembroke Pines shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 5% of the country and others in the top 3%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Pembroke Pines' strengths and weaknesses
Pembroke Pines lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. State infrastructure, low taxes, and few empty homes carry most of that.
The one real hole is car insurance costs, near the bottom of the country. Disaster risk and summer heat also cost it ground. Cost swings more from one part of Pembroke Pines to another than it does between Pembroke Pines and its neighbors, which the map below shows.
Where Pembroke Pines ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of cities
- QuietBetter than 91% of cities
Where Pembroke Pines ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Short commute30.4 minutes each way, better than only 17% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 79 pleasant days a year, better than only 31% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Pembroke Pines
A household needs to earn about $118,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pembroke Pines home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $98,411, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Pines' effective rate of 0.94%, 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 7 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 Pines
Pembroke Pines runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pembroke Pines.
Who works in Pembroke Pines, and how
Work in Pembroke Pines centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Pembroke Pines
Pembroke Pines has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of cities and more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. The coast is about 19 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Pembroke Pines and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pembroke Pines, month by month
Pembroke Pines sees roughly 79 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 Pines
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International sits about 11 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 Pines
Schools across Pembroke Pines average a B+, better than 79% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Manatee Bay Elementary SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Pembroke Pines Charter Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Franklin Academy Pembroke PinesA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pioneer Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Silver Trail Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Somerset Academy Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Somerset Arts ConservatoryA− · 67% proficient
- West Broward High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Somerset Academy Charter HighB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pembroke Pines school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pembroke Pines 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 Pines against the other 444 cities.
Who Pembroke Pines suits
Common questions about living in Pembroke Pines
Is Pembroke Pines a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pembroke Pines ranks 272nd of 445 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and few empty homes, and lowest on car insurance costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pembroke Pines expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $443,549. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $98,411 median income, cost of living beats 54% of cities.
Is Pembroke Pines safe?
Pembroke Pines is safer than 33% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $291 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Pembroke Pines?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 79 with lows near 59. That works out to about 79 pleasant days a year, more than 31% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Pembroke Pines?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Britannia, Silver Lakes, and The Lakes at Pembroke & Embassy Lakes. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Pembroke Pines good for families?
Schools beat 79% of cities, crime safety beats 33%, and childcare runs $969 a month.
Is Pembroke Pines good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 54% of cities, though advertised internet speeds beat only 52% of cities. About 15% of workers already work from home.
Compare Pembroke Pines with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pembroke Pines. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pembroke Pines 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 Pines detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pembroke Pines: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pembroke Pines: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pembroke Pines: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pembroke Pines: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pembroke Pines 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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