Narrows vs Pembroke

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

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

Narrows has the higher population (2,064 vs 1,130 in Pembroke). Narrows has the higher median household income ($61,894 vs $57,841 in Pembroke). Pembroke has the higher median home value ($132,000 vs $110,000 in Narrows).

Population, income & housing

	Narrows	Pembroke
Population	2,064	1,130
Median age	39.4 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,894	$57,841
Median home value	$110,000	$132,000
Median gross rent	$869	$814
Housing units	1,003	668
Homeownership rate	78.4%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Narrows	Pembroke
Population	1,993 → 2,064 (+3.6%)	1,026 → 1,130 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$50,655 → $61,894 (+22.2%)	$43,409 → $57,841 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$92,700 → $110,000 (+18.7%)	$95,200 → $132,000 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $869 (+18.7%)	$720 → $814 (+13.1%)

Narrows

Population

1,9932,064

Median household income

$50,655$61,894

Median home value

$92,700$110,000

Median gross rent

$732$869

Pembroke

Population

1,0261,130

Median household income

$43,409$57,841

Median home value

$95,200$132,000

Median gross rent

$720$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Narrows	Pembroke
Under 5	6.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	20.7%	7.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	8.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	7.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	19.0%	16.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	16.5%
75 and over	8.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Narrows	Pembroke
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Narrows	Pembroke
No high school diploma	6.5%	14.4%
High school graduate	47.4%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Narrows	Pembroke
Drove alone	80.4%	76.6%
Carpooled	12.1%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	7.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Narrows	Pembroke
1-unit, detached	89.2%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Narrows	Pembroke
Poverty rate	5.9%	8.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1948	1971