Work & commute · Pembroke

Work & commute in Pembroke, NY

Most working residents leave Pembroke for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Batavia (10%), Amherst (8%) and Newstead (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

186 of 1,980 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,794 Pembroke residents head out of town to work, 186 work right here, and 707 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pembroke.

1,794live here, work elsewhere

186live and work here

707work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pembroke goes to work

Batavia10.3 mi away

10%195

Pembroke (in town)right here

9%186

Amherst18.8 mi away

8%156

Newstead7 mi away

5%103

Batavia8 mi away

5%101

Lancaster14 mi away

5%92

Cheektowaga19.1 mi away

4%84

Clarence13.3 mi away

4%78

Alden9.4 mi away

4%74

Rochester40.5 mi away

3%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%848

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Pembroke commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

26%

48%

15%

11%

26%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pembroke is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Pembroke are

893 jobs are based in Pembroke. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pembroke’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pembroke

893 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Pembroke residents hold

1,980 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−1%

Jobs based in Pembroke, 2013 → 2023: 900 → 893. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.