Houston vs Pasadena

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

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

Houston has the higher population (2,300,419 vs 149,345 in Pasadena). Pasadena has the higher median household income ($64,270 vs $62,894 in Houston). Houston has the higher median home value ($253,400 vs $193,600 in Pasadena).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	Pasadena
Population	2,300,419	149,345
Median age	34.3 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,894	$64,270
Median home value	$253,400	$193,600
Median gross rent	$1,313	$1,201
Housing units	1,023,112	54,416
Homeownership rate	42.0%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	Pasadena
Population	2,310,432 → 2,300,419 (-0.4%)	153,350 → 149,345 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$52,338 → $62,894 (+20.2%)	$55,039 → $64,270 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $253,400 (+47.5%)	$124,200 → $193,600 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,041 → $1,313 (+26.1%)	$963 → $1,201 (+24.7%)

Houston

Population

2,310,4322,300,419

Median household income

$52,338$62,894

Median home value

$171,800$253,400

Median gross rent

$1,041$1,313

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)

	Houston	Pasadena
Under 5	6.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	21.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	17.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.4%
75 and over	4.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	Pasadena
White (non-Hispanic)	23.6%	23.2%
Black or African American	22.5%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.8%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	44.1%	70.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	Pasadena
No high school diploma	19.7%	27.4%
High school graduate	21.5%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	Pasadena
Drove alone	69.7%	76.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	11.6%
Public transit	3.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.7%	8.6%
Other means	2.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	Pasadena
1-unit, detached	43.0%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	18.2%	13.3%
20 or more units	26.1%	17.7%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Houston	Pasadena
Poverty rate	19.7%	18.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1981	1976