Maywood vs South Pasadena

A side-by-side comparison of Maywood and South Pasadena: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Pasadena has the higher population (26,297 vs 24,593 in Maywood). South Pasadena has the higher median household income ($128,105 vs $61,655 in Maywood). South Pasadena has the higher median home value ($1,545,100 vs $595,000 in Maywood).

Population, income & housing

	Maywood	South Pasadena
Population	24,593	26,297
Median age	32.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,655	$128,105
Median home value	$595,000	$1,545,100
Median gross rent	$1,467	$2,218
Housing units	6,465	11,040
Homeownership rate	29.9%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	72.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maywood	South Pasadena
Population	27,332 → 24,593 (-10.0%)	25,661 → 26,297 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$44,241 → $61,655 (+39.4%)	$104,308 → $128,105 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$387,000 → $595,000 (+53.7%)	$1,071,000 → $1,545,100 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,104 → $1,467 (+32.9%)	$1,802 → $2,218 (+23.1%)

Maywood

Population

27,33224,593

Median household income

$44,241$61,655

Median home value

$387,000$595,000

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,467

South Pasadena

Population

25,66126,297

Median household income

$104,308$128,105

Median home value

$1,071,000$1,545,100

Median gross rent

$1,802$2,218

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maywood	South Pasadena
Under 5	6.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	12.5%	4.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	18.3%
45 to 54	13.8%	16.8%
55 to 64	8.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.7%
75 and over	4.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maywood	South Pasadena
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	37.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	32.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.1%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	97.6%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maywood	South Pasadena
No high school diploma	51.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	25.4%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	33.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maywood	South Pasadena
Drove alone	67.6%	61.1%
Carpooled	14.9%	4.5%
Public transit	4.1%	3.5%
Walked	4.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.5%
Worked from home	4.6%	26.2%
Other means	4.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maywood	South Pasadena
1-unit, detached	53.6%	44.2%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	23.5%
20 or more units	4.3%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Maywood	South Pasadena
Poverty rate	18.6%	5.1%
Average household size	3.84	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1952	1953