Baytown vs Pasadena

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

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

Pasadena has the higher population (149,345 vs 84,538 in Baytown). Pasadena has the higher median household income ($64,270 vs $61,699 in Baytown). Pasadena has the higher median home value ($193,600 vs $187,900 in Baytown).

Population, income & housing

	Baytown	Pasadena
Population	84,538	149,345
Median age	33.9 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,699	$64,270
Median home value	$187,900	$193,600
Median gross rent	$1,217	$1,201
Housing units	33,865	54,416
Homeownership rate	53.1%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baytown	Pasadena
Population	76,635 → 84,538 (+10.3%)	153,350 → 149,345 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$57,270 → $61,699 (+7.7%)	$55,039 → $64,270 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$119,900 → $187,900 (+56.7%)	$124,200 → $193,600 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,217 (+28.8%)	$963 → $1,201 (+24.7%)

Baytown

Population

76,63584,538

Median household income

$57,270$61,699

Median home value

$119,900$187,900

Median gross rent

$945$1,217

Pasadena

Population

153,350149,345

Median household income

$55,039$64,270

Median home value

$124,200$193,600

Median gross rent

$963$1,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baytown	Pasadena
Under 5	7.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	20.3%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.4%
75 and over	4.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baytown	Pasadena
White (non-Hispanic)	28.8%	23.2%
Black or African American	15.2%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	70.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baytown	Pasadena
No high school diploma	21.3%	27.4%
High school graduate	31.6%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baytown	Pasadena
Drove alone	81.9%	76.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	11.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.6%
Other means	2.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baytown	Pasadena
1-unit, detached	59.0%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	13.3%
20 or more units	9.7%	17.7%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Baytown	Pasadena
Poverty rate	17.7%	18.3%
Average household size	2.70	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1981	1976