Episode 1 · Neighborhood Overview & Local Vibe
Pembroke Pines, Florida Real Estate: Parks, Buses and Weather
Pembroke Pines is a large southwest Broward County city, not one neighborhood, and Pines Boulevard is the commercial spine that holds its malls, its civic center and its main local bus line. The parks are spread across the city, the weather is hot and wet, and no train runs inside the city. The sections below take up the place, the weather, getting around, school assignment and the priorities the city answers.
💡 Key Insights & Takeaways
- Pembroke Pines has 176,714 people in the Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 estimate, and its shops and services gather along Pines Boulevard, at Pembroke Lakes Mall, at the Shops at Pembroke Gardens and at City Center.
- The parks are spread across the city, and Towngate Park, Spring Valley Park, Chapel Trail Nature Preserve and Silver Lakes North each list their own courts, fields, paths or boardwalk.
- In the National Weather Service's 1991–2020 normals, the high is about 92°F in midsummer and about 77°F in midwinter, and no single flood zone covers the whole city.
- No train station sits inside the city, the nearest Tri-Rail stations are in Hollywood, and Broward County Transit Route 109 is the weekday peak express to Downtown Miami.
- Each school assignment comes from the home address through Broward County Public Schools, with choice and magnet options handled apart, so you check the exact address and not the city name.
The Walk Score drops from 82 at City Center to 32 across all of Pembroke Pines, as of 1 November 2026. Walk Score measures how many errands you can run on foot. Around City Center most of them fit on foot, and in the rest of the city most of them need a car.
At a glance
At a glance: Pembroke Pines, as of 1 November 2026. The three score rows compare City Center with the whole city.
| Measure | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Walk Score | 82 at City Center, 32 citywide | Walk Score, as of 1 November 2026 |
| Transit Score | 28 at City Center, 25 citywide | Walk Score, as of 1 November 2026 |
| Bike Score | 64 at City Center, 41 citywide | Walk Score, as of 1 November 2026 |
| Normal daily high | about 92°F in midsummer, about 77°F in midwinter | National Weather Service, 1991–2020 normals |
| Population | 176,714 | Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025 |
What is Pembroke Pines actually like?
Pembroke Pines is a large city in southwest Broward County with 176,714 people in the Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 estimate, and it is made of named areas, not one neighborhood. The city's own materials name Pembroke Lakes, Chapel Trail, Silver Lakes, Pembroke Shores, Spring Valley and Towngate among them, and that list is a sample, not the full map.
Pines Boulevard is the spine for shopping and services. The city reports that most of its commercial development sits along or near the boulevard, and University Drive is the other big commercial corridor, running north and south. Pembroke Lakes Mall is the large enclosed mall, and the Shops at Pembroke Gardens is a retail and dining center near I-75 and Pines Boulevard. Westfork Plaza and Pembroke Commons are two more named shopping centers.
City Center, on Pines Boulevard, is the civic and event center of the city, with Charles F. Dodge City Center, Pembroke Pines City Hall and shops beside them. It is the area behind the Walk Score of 82 as of 1 November 2026, because Walk Score counts the shops and services on the boulevard, the civic buildings and the bus service on Route 7 nearby. The Walk Score for the whole city is 32, so walking to errands is a City Center fact more than a citywide one.
The parks are spread across the city, and the table below lists what each one's page names. C.B. Smith Park belongs to the county, and the others belong to the city. The city also runs neighborhood pools and an Olympic-sized pool.
Parks and what the city and the county list at each, as of 1 November 2026.
| Park | What is listed there |
|---|---|
| Towngate Park | Fitness center, recreation center, tennis courts, soccer and football field, baseball and softball field, playground, basketball, swimming pool |
| Spring Valley Park (also William B. Armstrong Dream Park) | Walking path with fitness equipment, playground, community center, pond with a dock, amphitheater |
| Pembroke Shores Park | Baseball fields, covered playground, pavilion, batting cages |
| Chapel Trail Park | Soccer fields, playground |
| Chapel Trail Nature Preserve | Boardwalk, pavilion, wetland access |
| Silver Lakes North | Tennis, basketball, soccer, volleyball, pavilions, path |
| Silver Lakes South | Baseball, basketball, tennis, playground |
| Pembroke Lakes Golf and Racquet Club | The city's golf and racquet complex, with tennis programs |
| C.B. Smith Park | A county park with a wide set of recreation, and the park-and-ride lot for Route 109 |
The Broward College Judson A. Samuels South Campus and the South Regional/Broward College Library are both on Pines Boulevard, and the Southwest Regional Library is the other named library. Memorial Hospital West is inside the city, and the questions below name the other hospital. Facility lists and hours change, so confirm a place with the city before you drive there.
What is the weather like in Pembroke Pines?
It is hot and humid for much of the year, and the rain is heaviest from late spring through early fall. The National Weather Service station named Pembroke Pines–Hollywood North Perry Airport puts the normal high at about 92°F in midsummer and about 77°F in midwinter. A normal here is the 1991–2020 average for that day of the year. The daily normals give each day's high and low but no yearly count of days above 90°F, so this page carries none.
One station sets the benchmark for the whole city, because no pair of stations shows a difference between the east and the west of the city. Read the numbers as a citywide guide and not as a reading for one street.
Heat and hurricane season put the roof, the drainage, the cooling system and the home's wind protection at the top of an inspection list.
Flood risk is part of the weather, and it is set one property at a time. The city's flood page describes the zones on the FEMA maps as A, AE, AH and X, so no single flood zone and no single base flood elevation applies to the whole city. The base flood elevation is the height FEMA expects floodwater to reach in the standard flood it maps. Look up the exact property on the city's flood zone page, because the answer for one home is not the answer for the next.
How do you get around from Pembroke Pines?
Most errands across Pembroke Pines need a car, and the bus is the main alternative, because no train station sits inside the city. As of 1 November 2026 Broward County Transit runs the local routes, and the table below names four of them. The city also runs a community shuttle network with the county, and this page lists no shuttle times.
Bus routes named for Pembroke Pines, as of 1 November 2026.
| Route | Where it runs |
|---|---|
| Route 109, the 95 Express | A weekday peak express from the C.B. Smith Park/Miramar Park & Ride to Downtown Miami |
| Route 7 | The Pines Boulevard corridor, with a link toward Hollywood and the Tri-Rail Hollywood station |
| Route 2 | University Drive, running north and south |
| Route 23 | A weekday route linking Pembroke Lakes Mall, the Broward College area and Sawgrass Mills |
The two nearest Tri-Rail stations, Hollywood and Sheridan Street, are in Hollywood, outside the city. A train trip from Pembroke Pines starts with a bus or car trip to one of them.
Transit Score is 28 at City Center and 25 across the city as of 1 November 2026, and it measures how well public transit serves a spot. Bike Score is 64 at City Center and 41 across the city, and it measures how easy a spot is to bike. This page carries no count of protected bike lanes or bike-share stations, because no current citywide count was available.
This page also carries no door-to-door travel time to Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Brickell, Downtown Miami, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Memorial Hospital West or Broward College, because exact times from one starting point were not confirmed. Run the trip in the BCT trip planner or a map app at the hour you would travel, and check the current timetable for how many Route 109 trips run.
The job market you travel toward is the metro area's. The Bureau of Labor Statistics put unemployment at 3.7% in August 2026 across the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach metro area. Treat it as a metro rate, because no Pembroke Pines rate is given.
Which schools serve Pembroke Pines, and how are they assigned?
The district, Broward County Public Schools, ties each assignment to a home address. The city crosses several attendance zones for elementary, middle and high schools, so no single school serves the whole city. The choice, magnet and reassignment programs are separate requests, and none of them replaces the address lookup.
The city's attendance-zone materials name these elementary schools: Pembroke Pines Elementary, Pembroke Lakes Elementary, Chapel Trail Elementary, Silver Palms Elementary, Palm Cove Elementary, Pines Lakes Elementary, Pasadena Lakes Elementary, Silver Lakes Elementary, Boulevard Heights Elementary and Lakeside Elementary. They name these middle schools: Walter C. Young Middle, Pines Middle, Silver Trail Middle, Glades Middle, New Renaissance Middle, Apollo Middle and Driftwood Middle. Being on that list is not an assignment for any home, and the high school zones are not listed here. The city's zone maps are planning references, and the district's lookup settles the answer for one address and one school year.
Where can I check schools and crime information for Pembroke Pines?
Big Data Realty gives no ratings for schools or neighborhoods. GreatSchools carries ratings and reviews. To see the school assigned to an address, use Find My School, the lookup from Broward County Public Schools. For the state's official school data, use the Florida Department of Education's Know Your Schools site. Look at each one for the most recent information, since zones and reports are revised each school year.
The Pembroke Pines Police Department's official crime statistics page is the place to read the most recent crime information.
Who does Pembroke Pines suit?
Pembroke Pines answers some priorities well and asks a trade on others. If walking to errands matters most, City Center and the stretch of Pines Boulevard around it is the part of the city to look at, because the Walk Score there is 82 and the score for the whole city is 32. If you plan to drive, Pines Boulevard and University Drive are the two big corridors, and the malls and shopping centers sit on or near them. If a train commute matters most, the stations are in Hollywood and you reach them by bus or car. If your commute runs toward Downtown Miami, the weekday express on Route 109 starts at C.B. Smith Park. If outdoor space matters most, the city lists parks with fields, courts, pools and a boardwalk through a nature preserve. In every part of the city, the address sets the school, so check the exact address in the district's lookup.
If you are comparing Pembroke Pines with Miramar, Coral Springs, Cooper City or Weston, all four are in Broward County and the same school district, so assignment follows the address in each. Compare them on matched measures, such as the Walk Score, and not on an overall ranking.
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