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.

A relatively large number of people in Pasadena telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 23.62% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 noticeable about Pasadena, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Pasadena is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Pasadena a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Pasadena use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Pasadena‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding taxis. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

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.

In addition, Pasadena has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (29.20%).

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