Pasadena vs Pomona

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

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

Pomona has the higher population (148,391 vs 136,462 in Pasadena). Pasadena has the higher median household income ($103,778 vs $78,869 in Pomona). Pasadena has the higher median home value ($1,045,000 vs $569,600 in Pomona).

Population, income & housing

	Pasadena	Pomona
Population	136,462	148,391
Median age	40.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$103,778	$78,869
Median home value	$1,045,000	$569,600
Median gross rent	$2,218	$1,738
Housing units	62,853	43,767
Homeownership rate	42.1%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.0%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pasadena	Pomona
Population	141,258 → 136,462 (-3.4%)	152,209 → 148,391 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$83,068 → $103,778 (+24.9%)	$60,598 → $78,869 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$785,700 → $1,045,000 (+33.0%)	$394,500 → $569,600 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,710 → $2,218 (+29.7%)	$1,362 → $1,738 (+27.6%)

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

Pomona

Population

152,209148,391

Median household income

$60,598$78,869

Median home value

$394,500$569,600

Median gross rent

$1,362$1,738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pasadena	Pomona
Under 5	4.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	18.3%	15.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.7%
75 and over	8.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pasadena	Pomona
White (non-Hispanic)	35.2%	10.0%
Black or African American	7.4%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	17.4%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	34.1%	71.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pasadena	Pomona
No high school diploma	9.9%	25.8%
High school graduate	13.1%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pasadena	Pomona
Drove alone	58.7%	72.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	14.0%
Public transit	4.1%	1.9%
Walked	4.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	23.6%	8.8%
Other means	3.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pasadena	Pomona
1-unit, detached	42.5%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	9.4%
20 or more units	26.5%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Pasadena	Pomona
Poverty rate	13.2%	14.2%
Average household size	2.30	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1960	1966