Pasadena vs Spring

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

Pasadena and Spring 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 67,103 in Spring). Spring has the higher median household income ($86,888 vs $64,270 in Pasadena). Spring has the higher median home value ($221,300 vs $193,600 in Pasadena).

Population, income & housing

	Pasadena	Spring
Population	149,345	67,103
Median age	32.8 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,270	$86,888
Median home value	$193,600	$221,300
Median gross rent	$1,201	$1,656
Housing units	54,416	22,974
Homeownership rate	54.2%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pasadena	Spring
Population	153,350 → 149,345 (-2.6%)	60,976 → 67,103 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$55,039 → $64,270 (+16.8%)	$71,376 → $86,888 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$124,200 → $193,600 (+55.9%)	$155,600 → $221,300 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,201 (+24.7%)	$1,399 → $1,656 (+18.4%)

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

Spring

Population

60,97667,103

Median household income

$71,376$86,888

Median home value

$155,600$221,300

Median gross rent

$1,399$1,656

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pasadena	Spring
Under 5	7.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	21.3%	19.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	17.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	6.3%
75 and over	4.1%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pasadena	Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	23.2%	30.2%
Black or African American	3.0%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	70.5%	40.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pasadena	Spring
No high school diploma	27.4%	12.0%
High school graduate	30.7%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pasadena	Spring
Drove alone	76.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	11.6%	6.5%
Public transit	0.2%	1.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	9.2%
Other means	1.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pasadena	Spring
1-unit, detached	58.3%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	17.7%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Pasadena	Spring
Poverty rate	18.3%	8.1%
Average household size	2.98	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1976	1991