Buckhead vs Pembroke

A side-by-side comparison of Buckhead and Pembroke: population, income, housing, and more.

Buckhead and Pembroke are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buckhead has the higher population (4,640 vs 2,628 in Pembroke). Buckhead has the higher median household income ($139,395 vs $66,797 in Pembroke). Buckhead has the higher median home value ($441,400 vs $169,800 in Pembroke).

Population, income & housing

	Buckhead	Pembroke
Population	4,640	2,628
Median age	36.7 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	$139,395	$66,797
Median home value	$441,400	$169,800
Median gross rent	—	$990
Housing units	1,411	1,120
Homeownership rate	92.5%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.5%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckhead	Pembroke
Population	3,780 → 4,640 (+22.8%)	2,481 → 2,628 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$128,200 → $139,395 (+8.7%)	$43,563 → $66,797 (+53.3%)
Median home value	$341,100 → $441,400 (+29.4%)	$138,400 → $169,800 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,034 → $2,310 (+13.6%)	$757 → $990 (+30.8%)

Buckhead

Population

3,7804,640

Median household income

$128,200$139,395

Median home value

$341,100$441,400

Median gross rent

$2,034$2,310

Pembroke

Population

2,4812,628

Median household income

$43,563$66,797

Median home value

$138,400$169,800

Median gross rent

$757$990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckhead	Pembroke
Under 5	9.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	11.8%	17.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	16.8%
35 to 44	19.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	16.3%	6.2%
65 to 74	1.8%	10.5%
75 and over	3.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckhead	Pembroke
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	69.4%
Black or African American	8.7%	23.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckhead	Pembroke
No high school diploma	1.6%	12.0%
High school graduate	13.8%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	38.2%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckhead	Pembroke
Drove alone	81.2%	85.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	0.3%
Other means	2.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckhead	Pembroke
1-unit, detached	98.4%	53.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Buckhead	Pembroke
Poverty rate	0.6%	12.8%
Average household size	3.39	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	2011	1985