Pasadena vs Severna Park

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

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

Severna Park has the higher population (39,499 vs 32,717 in Pasadena). Severna Park has the higher median household income ($168,091 vs $119,393 in Pasadena). Severna Park has the higher median home value ($633,600 vs $406,900 in Pasadena).

Population, income & housing

	Pasadena	Severna Park
Population	32,717	39,499
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$119,393	$168,091
Median home value	$406,900	$633,600
Median gross rent	$2,247	$1,617
Housing units	12,301	14,095
Homeownership rate	80.1%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	58.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pasadena	Severna Park
Population	29,918 → 32,717 (+9.4%)	38,188 → 39,499 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$96,575 → $119,393 (+23.6%)	$151,499 → $168,091 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$314,400 → $406,900 (+29.4%)	$546,800 → $633,600 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,792 → $2,247 (+25.4%)	$1,744 → $1,617 (-7.3%)

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

Severna Park

Population

38,18839,499

Median household income

$151,499$168,091

Median home value

$546,800$633,600

Median gross rent

$1,744$1,617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pasadena	Severna Park
Under 5	6.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	18.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.6%
75 and over	3.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pasadena	Severna Park
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	86.1%
Black or African American	16.8%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pasadena	Severna Park
No high school diploma	6.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	28.9%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pasadena	Severna Park
Drove alone	75.0%	71.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	3.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.7%
Walked	0.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.1%	21.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pasadena	Severna Park
1-unit, detached	56.1%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	31.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.6%
20 or more units	5.6%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pasadena	Severna Park
Poverty rate	6.1%	3.3%
Average household size	2.69	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1995	1978