Housing density: 2,765 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $1,631,386.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,886 (lower quartile is $1,428, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,047
Median gross rent in Pasadena, CA in 2022: $1,985
Housing units in Pasadena with a mortgage: 17,401 (2,327 second mortgage, 48 home equity loan, 2,082 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 322
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $148,844
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $102,306
13,426 married couples with children.
6,361 single-parent households (1,839 men, 4,522 women).
63.2% of residents of Pasadena speak English at home.
21.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
5.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
8.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 33,482 (24.9%)
(52.9% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 96.0% Number of people working at home: 19,868 (25.3% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 1,008
5 to 9 minutes: 4,770
10 to 14 minutes: 10,584
15 to 19 minutes: 8,630
20 to 24 minutes: 8,358
25 to 29 minutes: 3,188
30 to 34 minutes: 8,521
35 to 39 minutes: 1,708
40 to 44 minutes: 2,508
45 to 59 minutes: 4,840
60 to 89 minutes: 3,725
90 or more minutes: 729
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 71,791 (62.9%)
Carpooled: 10,133 (8.9%)
Bus: 2,176 (1.9%)
Subway or elevated rail: 569 (0.5%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 68 (0.1%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 329 (0.3%)
Ferryboat: 160 (0.1%)
Taxi: 3,828 (3.4%)
Bicycle: 1,304 (1.1%)
Walked: 3,931 (3.4%)
Worked at home: 19,868 (17.4%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
1.2%Males
2.0%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
9.5%Males
10.7%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
3.4%Males
10.6%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
2.0%Males
4.4%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
5.7%Males
4.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
4.7%Males
5.2%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Pasadena, California
9,4902010 or later
7,6092000 to 2009
7,8081990 to 1999
12,6871980 to 1989
7,9741970 to 1979
5,095Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
English: 2,787 (3.4%)
Armenian: 2,440 (3.0%)
Italian: 1,846 (2.3%)
German: 1,625 (2.0%)
Irish: 1,458 (1.8%)
European: 1,250 (1.5%)
American: 1,073 (1.3%)
Iranian: 726 (0.9%)
Russian: 458 (0.6%)
Eastern European: 387 (0.5%)
Norwegian: 356 (0.4%)
Nigerian: 351 (0.4%)
Greek: 336 (0.4%)
French: 333 (0.4%)
British: 325 (0.4%)
Albanian: 309 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 305 (0.4%)
Scottish: 294 (0.4%)
African: 283 (0.3%)
Egyptian: 278 (0.3%)
Polish: 275 (0.3%)
Dutch: 271 (0.3%)
Lebanese: 197 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 180 (0.2%)
Swedish: 154 (0.2%)
Canadian: 142 (0.2%)
West Indian: 139 (0.2%)
Northern European: 132 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 124 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 115 (0.1%)
Portuguese: 113 (0.1%)
Czech: 95 (0.1%)
Jordanian: 75 (0.09%)
Welsh: 75 (0.09%)
Finnish: 73 (0.09%)
Serbian: 73 (0.09%)
French Canadian: 72 (0.09%)
Scandinavian: 70 (0.09%)
South African: 69 (0.08%)
Jamaican: 69 (0.08%)
Croatian: 65 (0.08%)
Arab: 58 (0.07%)
Ethiopian: 58 (0.07%)
Israeli: 56 (0.07%)
Romanian: 55 (0.07%)
Brazilian: 48 (0.06%)
Yugoslavian: 47 (0.06%)
Swiss: 46 (0.06%)
Danish: 45 (0.05%)
Afghan: 41 (0.05%)
Australian: 39 (0.05%)
Austrian: 29 (0.04%)
Latvian: 23 (0.03%)
Turkish: 18 (0.02%)
Pennsylvania German: 17 (0.02%)
Slovene: 13 (0.02%)
Czechoslovakian: 12 (0.01%)
Liberian: 10 (0.01%)
Slovak: 7 (0.01%)
Barbadian: 7 (0.01%)
Macedonian: 7 (0.01%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 7 (0.01%)
Guyanese: 5 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Pasadena:
26.7% (10,505)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Pasadena:
10.9% (4,287)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Philippines
Pasadena:
7.1% (2,812)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
El Salvador
Pasadena:
4.9% (1,908)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
Korea
Pasadena:
3.9% (1,522)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Taiwan
Pasadena:
3.6% (1,435)
California:
1.7% (176,274)
Guatemala
Pasadena:
3.4% (1,346)
California:
2.8% (290,436)
India
Pasadena:
3.0% (1,185)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Honduras
Pasadena:
2.9% (1,147)
California:
0.6% (66,590)
Lebanon
Pasadena:
1.9% (733)
California:
0.3% (31,757)
Iran
Pasadena:
1.8% (716)
California:
2.0% (206,004)
Vietnam
Pasadena:
1.7% (676)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Japan
Pasadena:
1.5% (604)
California:
1.0% (103,575)
Colombia
Pasadena:
1.5% (598)
California:
0.5% (55,249)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 71,667
Other state: 27,839
Northeast: 9,325
Midwest: 8,063
South: 7,193
West: 3,258
87.2% of Pasadena residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 39.9% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 33.6% lived in California.
Pasadena:
87.2%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 643
Nursery to 4th grade: 48
5th and 6th grade: 1,405
7th and 8th grade: 716
9th grade: 150
10th grade: 200
11th grade: 515
12th grade, no diploma: 352
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,779
Less than 1 year of college: 1,618
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,993
Associate degree: 3,269
Bachelor's degree: 14,445
Master's degree: 5,614
Professional school degree: 4,978
Doctorate degree: 2,344
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 910
Nursery to 4th grade: 136
5th and 6th grade: 547
7th and 8th grade: 793
9th grade: 143
10th grade: 426
11th grade: 653
12th grade, no diploma: 757
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,302
Less than 1 year of college: 2,119
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,968
Associate degree: 3,428
Bachelor's degree: 17,610
Master's degree: 8,325
Professional school degree: 4,055
Doctorate degree: 1,679
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 26,552
One, attached: 3,918
Two: 1,479
3 or 4: 4,029
5 to 9: 4,990
10 to 19: 5,849
20 to 49: 7,779
50 or more: 9,273
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.5%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.9%
House/condo owner moved in on average 13 years ago