Pasadena is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 134,211 people and 37 associated neighborhoods, Pasadena is the 44th largest community in California.

Pasadena home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Pasadena real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Of important note, Pasadena is also a city of artists. Pasadena has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Pasadena’s character.

Also of interest is that Pasadena has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 20.23% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Another interesting thing about Pasadena, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

For the size of the city, public transportation in Pasadena is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking taxis. For Pasadena, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

If knowledge is power, Pasadena is a pretty powerful place. 54.48% of the adults in Pasadena have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Pasadena in 2022 was $59,655, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $238,620 for a family of four. However, Pasadena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Pasadena is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pasadena home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Pasadena, accounting for 35.29% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Pasadena residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Pasadena include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Armenian.

In addition, Pasadena has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (29.41%).

The most common language spoken in Pasadena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.