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Pasadena, CA
137,195 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0656000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Pasadena ranked #237 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Pasadena and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Costa Mesa CA, Rialto CA, Tempe AZ, Vista CA, El Cajon CA, Escondido CA, Ontario CA, Richmond CA, Hayward CA, West Covina CA, Oxnard CA, Fullerton CA, Lakewood CO · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #237 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #205 | #240 | #286 | #170 | #302 | #290 | #255 | #257 | #196 | #184 | #153 | #168 | #263 | #263 | #236 | #232 | #334 | #278 | #237 | #239 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 137,086 | 136,334 | 135,730 | 136,124 | 136,759 | 137,111 | 137,652 | 138,097 | 139,292 | 139,529 | 141,025 | 141,601 | 141,757 | 140,906 | 141,029 | 139,373 | 137,039 | 135,654 | 135,699 | 137,195 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #290 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | -1.6 | -2.0 | -1.9 | -1.1 | -0.8 | — | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -0.3 | -2.0 | -1.5 | -1.2 | -1.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #217 of 271 cities with data · 9th of 10 in its peer group with data | 3.8 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 1.8 | — | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #192 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 22.3% | 22.1% | 20.7% | 26.2% | 24.8% | 24.8% | 21.5% | 23.6% | 23.9% | 23.9% | 23.0% | 23.5% | 25.1% | 26.3% | 24.0% | — | 26.9% | 25.0% | 26.5% | 25.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #121 of 309 cities with data · 6th of 11 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 4.4 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 7.2 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 5.0 | — | 5.2 | 4.4 | — | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #103 of 295 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44.2 | 31.3 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 108,495 | 110,818 | 110,243 | 111,783 | 105,343 | 102,876 | 103,141 | 98,294 | 104,793 | 109,805 | 112,499 | 112,712 | 112,249 | 111,571 | 109,478 | 103,125 | 98,510 | 105,345 | 112,398 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #10 of 329 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.3 | +1.0 | -1.7 | +0.7 | -2.6 | -3.9 | -0.8 | -4.7 | +4.0 | +2.6 | +0.5 | -3.1 | -1.2 | -2.3 | -3.7 | +0.8 | -4.4 | -0.4 | +5.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 73,413 | 68,954 | 72,725 | 72,393 | 74,751 | 74,853 | 77,665 | 71,592 | 77,735 | — | 73,172 | 80,020 | 71,039 | 75,509 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #173 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.6% | 10.9% | 9.2% | 5.3% | 5.9% | 4.7% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.0% | — | 6.5% | 3.2% | 4.1% | 5.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #249 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 5 in its peer group with data | 22% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 12% | 4% | 12% | 14% | 17% | 22% | 25% | 24% | 20% | 10% | 18% | -3% | -10% | 0% | 16% | 8% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #255 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 5 in its peer group with data | $8,392 | $8,174 | $7,569 | $7,582 | $7,292 | $6,740 | $7,922 | $7,581 | $8,480 | $8,693 | $8,314 | $7,985 | $8,544 | $7,035 | $6,522 | $6,523 | $6,216 | $5,695 | $5,448 | $5,045 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Pasadena. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.