Pearisburg vs Pembroke

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

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

Pearisburg has the higher population (2,864 vs 1,130 in Pembroke). Pearisburg has the higher median household income ($72,924 vs $57,841 in Pembroke). Pearisburg has the higher median home value ($160,200 vs $132,000 in Pembroke).

Population, income & housing

	Pearisburg	Pembroke
Population	2,864	1,130
Median age	48.3 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,924	$57,841
Median home value	$160,200	$132,000
Median gross rent	$815	$814
Housing units	1,418	668
Homeownership rate	70.8%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pearisburg	Pembroke
Population	2,652 → 2,864 (+8.0%)	1,026 → 1,130 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $72,924 (+21.5%)	$43,409 → $57,841 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $160,200 (+33.8%)	$95,200 → $132,000 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $815 (+9.7%)	$720 → $814 (+13.1%)

Pearisburg

Population

2,6522,864

Median household income

$60,000$72,924

Median home value

$119,700$160,200

Median gross rent

$743$815

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)

	Pearisburg	Pembroke
Under 5	1.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	7.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	9.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	16.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	16.5%
75 and over	10.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pearisburg	Pembroke
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	89.6%
Black or African American	8.8%	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	0.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pearisburg	Pembroke
No high school diploma	4.0%	14.4%
High school graduate	49.9%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pearisburg	Pembroke
Drove alone	88.8%	76.6%
Carpooled	6.4%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	7.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pearisburg	Pembroke
1-unit, detached	62.7%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	1.6%
20 or more units	7.5%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Pearisburg	Pembroke
Poverty rate	11.2%	8.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1963	1971