East Los Angeles vs Pasadena

A side-by-side comparison of East Los Angeles and Pasadena: population, income, housing, and more.

East Los Angeles and Pasadena are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pasadena has the higher population (136,462 vs 114,617 in East Los Angeles). Pasadena has the higher median household income ($103,778 vs $68,378 in East Los Angeles). Pasadena has the higher median home value ($1,045,000 vs $613,600 in East Los Angeles).

Population, income & housing

	East Los Angeles	Pasadena
Population	114,617	136,462
Median age	34.0 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,378	$103,778
Median home value	$613,600	$1,045,000
Median gross rent	$1,431	$2,218
Housing units	32,291	62,853
Homeownership rate	33.7%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	56.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Los Angeles	Pasadena
Population	121,187 → 114,617 (-5.4%)	141,258 → 136,462 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$46,082 → $68,378 (+48.4%)	$83,068 → $103,778 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$415,600 → $613,600 (+47.6%)	$785,700 → $1,045,000 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,134 → $1,431 (+26.2%)	$1,710 → $2,218 (+29.7%)

East Los Angeles

Population

121,187114,617

Median household income

$46,082$68,378

Median home value

$415,600$613,600

Median gross rent

$1,134$1,431

Pasadena

Population

141,258136,462

Median household income

$83,068$103,778

Median home value

$785,700$1,045,000

Median gross rent

$1,710$2,218

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Los Angeles	Pasadena
Under 5	5.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.7%	11.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	18.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.0%
75 and over	4.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Los Angeles	Pasadena
White (non-Hispanic)	2.1%	35.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	17.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	95.6%	34.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Los Angeles	Pasadena
No high school diploma	45.0%	9.9%
High school graduate	24.4%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Los Angeles	Pasadena
Drove alone	65.3%	58.7%
Carpooled	15.4%	4.7%
Public transit	6.8%	4.1%
Walked	2.6%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	1.1%
Worked from home	7.1%	23.6%
Other means	2.1%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Los Angeles	Pasadena
1-unit, detached	56.9%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	17.9%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	17.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	26.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	East Los Angeles	Pasadena
Poverty rate	16.6%	13.2%
Average household size	3.74	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1950	1960