Glen Burnie vs Pasadena

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

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

Glen Burnie has the higher population (72,772 vs 32,717 in Pasadena). Pasadena has the higher median household income ($119,393 vs $88,291 in Glen Burnie). Pasadena has the higher median home value ($406,900 vs $329,200 in Glen Burnie).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Burnie	Pasadena
Population	72,772	32,717
Median age	38.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,291	$119,393
Median home value	$329,200	$406,900
Median gross rent	$1,607	$2,247
Housing units	30,343	12,301
Homeownership rate	64.3%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Burnie	Pasadena
Population	69,872 → 72,772 (+4.2%)	29,918 → 32,717 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$70,769 → $88,291 (+24.8%)	$96,575 → $119,393 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$256,500 → $329,200 (+28.3%)	$314,400 → $406,900 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,320 → $1,607 (+21.7%)	$1,792 → $2,247 (+25.4%)

Glen Burnie

Population

69,87272,772

Median household income

$70,769$88,291

Median home value

$256,500$329,200

Median gross rent

$1,320$1,607

Pasadena

Population

29,91832,717

Median household income

$96,575$119,393

Median home value

$314,400$406,900

Median gross rent

$1,792$2,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Burnie	Pasadena
Under 5	5.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.8%
25 to 34	16.6%	18.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	6.8%
75 and over	6.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Burnie	Pasadena
White (non-Hispanic)	51.9%	66.1%
Black or African American	24.9%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Burnie	Pasadena
No high school diploma	9.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	31.6%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Burnie	Pasadena
Drove alone	76.2%	75.0%
Carpooled	8.6%	4.9%
Public transit	2.3%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.1%	19.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Burnie	Pasadena
1-unit, detached	52.8%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	31.1%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	26.4%	4.8%
20 or more units	3.7%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glen Burnie	Pasadena
Poverty rate	9.9%	6.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1974	1995