Channelview vs Pasadena

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

Channelview 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 43,536 in Channelview). Channelview has the higher median household income ($65,775 vs $64,270 in Pasadena). Pasadena has the higher median home value ($193,600 vs $186,300 in Channelview).

Population, income & housing

	Channelview	Pasadena
Population	43,536	149,345
Median age	31.2 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,775	$64,270
Median home value	$186,300	$193,600
Median gross rent	$1,202	$1,201
Housing units	13,680	54,416
Homeownership rate	75.6%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Channelview	Pasadena
Population	43,055 → 43,536 (+1.1%)	153,350 → 149,345 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$63,581 → $65,775 (+3.5%)	$55,039 → $64,270 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$124,900 → $186,300 (+49.2%)	$124,200 → $193,600 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$977 → $1,202 (+23.0%)	$963 → $1,201 (+24.7%)

Channelview

Population

43,05543,536

Median household income

$63,581$65,775

Median home value

$124,900$186,300

Median gross rent

$977$1,202

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)

	Channelview	Pasadena
Under 5	6.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	25.9%	21.3%
18 to 24	10.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	9.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	8.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.4%
75 and over	3.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Channelview	Pasadena
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	23.2%
Black or African American	10.3%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	71.8%	70.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Channelview	Pasadena
No high school diploma	29.0%	27.4%
High school graduate	31.2%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Channelview	Pasadena
Drove alone	81.6%	76.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.3%	8.6%
Other means	1.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Channelview	Pasadena
1-unit, detached	68.7%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.9%	17.7%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Channelview	Pasadena
Poverty rate	19.8%	18.3%
Average household size	3.47	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1988	1976