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Pembroke

A town of 18,382 people in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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About Pembroke

Town in Massachusetts, United States
1650Established
18,361Population
23.5 sq miArea
69 ftElevation

Pembroke is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Pembroke is a South Shore suburb of the Boston metropolitan area. The town is located approximately halfway between Boston and Cape Cod. The town is considered rural in character, with pockets of suburban neighborhoods. The population was 18,361 at the 2020 census, with a median household income of $119,827. Neighborhoods include Bryantville (along the Hanson town line), North Pembroke and East Pembroke.

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Housing in Pembroke

$676K▲ 4.7% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Pembroke home is worth about $676,000, up 4.7% in a year, close to the Massachusetts typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market21
Sale-to-list103.1%
Sold in May9
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Safety Grade A

Pembroke reports less crime per resident than 89% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Pembroke 0.5
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Pembroke 3.2
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade B+

The public schools Pembroke’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 73% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#82Best public schoolsof 282 in MA
DistrictPembrokeSchools5

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