Pasadena Hills vs Velda City

A side-by-side comparison of Pasadena Hills and Velda City: population, income, housing, and more.

Pasadena Hills and Velda City are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Velda City has the higher population (1,231 vs 1,104 in Pasadena Hills). Pasadena Hills has the higher median household income ($85,694 vs $43,125 in Velda City). Pasadena Hills has the higher median home value ($248,300 vs $50,900 in Velda City).

Population, income & housing

	Pasadena Hills	Velda City
Population	1,104	1,231
Median age	47.4 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$85,694	$43,125
Median home value	$248,300	$50,900
Median gross rent	$870	$1,187
Housing units	593	630
Homeownership rate	78.6%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.6%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pasadena Hills	Velda City
Population	954 → 1,104 (+15.7%)	1,404 → 1,231 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$78,000 → $85,694 (+9.9%)	$37,986 → $43,125 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$197,500 → $248,300 (+25.7%)	$56,900 → $50,900 (-10.5%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $870 (-2.0%)	$902 → $1,187 (+31.6%)

Pasadena Hills

Population

9541,104

Median household income

$78,000$85,694

Median home value

$197,500$248,300

Median gross rent

$888$870

Velda City

Population

1,4041,231

Median household income

$37,986$43,125

Median home value

$56,900$50,900

Median gross rent

$902$1,187

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pasadena Hills	Velda City
Under 5	2.1%	10.3%
5 to 17	13.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	12.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	21.8%	9.8%
65 to 74	17.1%	7.4%
75 and over	4.3%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pasadena Hills	Velda City
White (non-Hispanic)	30.1%	1.2%
Black or African American	59.5%	96.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pasadena Hills	Velda City
No high school diploma	6.5%	9.3%
High school graduate	16.0%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pasadena Hills	Velda City
Drove alone	76.6%	76.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.9%
Public transit	1.1%	6.5%
Walked	0.4%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pasadena Hills	Velda City
1-unit, detached	79.8%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	19.1%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Pasadena Hills	Velda City
Poverty rate	3.9%	16.6%
Average household size	1.92	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1941	1946