Pasadena vs Severn

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

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

Severn has the higher population (58,041 vs 32,717 in Pasadena). Severn has the higher median household income ($130,627 vs $119,393 in Pasadena). Severn has the higher median home value ($465,600 vs $406,900 in Pasadena).

Population, income & housing

	Pasadena	Severn
Population	32,717	58,041
Median age	35.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$119,393	$130,627
Median home value	$406,900	$465,600
Median gross rent	$2,247	$2,082
Housing units	12,301	21,993
Homeownership rate	80.1%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pasadena	Severn
Population	29,918 → 32,717 (+9.4%)	50,496 → 58,041 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$96,575 → $119,393 (+23.6%)	$107,155 → $130,627 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$314,400 → $406,900 (+29.4%)	$362,300 → $465,600 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,792 → $2,247 (+25.4%)	$1,712 → $2,082 (+21.6%)

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

Severn

Population

50,49658,041

Median household income

$107,155$130,627

Median home value

$362,300$465,600

Median gross rent

$1,712$2,082

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pasadena	Severn
Under 5	6.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	18.4%	15.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.6%
75 and over	3.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pasadena	Severn
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	40.2%
Black or African American	16.8%	33.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pasadena	Severn
No high school diploma	6.6%	5.0%
High school graduate	28.9%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pasadena	Severn
Drove alone	75.0%	72.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.4%	2.8%
Walked	0.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.1%	15.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pasadena	Severn
1-unit, detached	56.1%	50.4%
1-unit, attached	31.1%	31.2%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	6.8%
20 or more units	5.6%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Pasadena	Severn
Poverty rate	6.1%	5.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1995	1997