Pasadena is a relatively large city located in the state of California. With a population of 133,560 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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 23.62% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

One thing that you will notice about Pasadena is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Pasadena a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Pasadena is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, taxis helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Pasadena area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

If knowledge is power, Pasadena is a pretty powerful place. 56.05% 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 $63,513, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $254,052 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. The greatest number of Pasadena residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Pasadena also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.12% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pasadena include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Armenian.

Pasadena also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 29.20%.

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