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Pasadena, TX
149,617 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4856000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Pasadena ranked #273 of 340 cities and 8th 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: West Palm Beach FL, Pompano Beach FL, Lancaster CA, Fort Lauderdale FL, Jurupa Valley CA, Miami Gardens FL, Kansas City KS, Garland TX, Norman OK, Killeen TX, Hollywood FL, Ontario CA, Clearwater FL · 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 | #273 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #221 | #91 | #37 | #132 | #102 | #116 | #127 | #187 | #82 | #158 | #65 | #151 | #158 | #168 | #220 | #260 | #199 | #229 | #273 | #223 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 142,359 | 145,301 | 145,558 | 146,544 | 148,279 | 149,523 | 151,156 | 152,662 | 153,532 | 154,447 | 154,530 | 154,525 | 153,858 | 152,733 | 151,227 | 151,449 | 148,776 | 148,518 | 148,792 | 149,617 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #234 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | -0.7 | +1.2 | -0.5 | -0.0 | +0.5 | — | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.4 | -0.4 | -1.0 | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.1 | -0.9 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #254 of 271 cities with data · 10th of 12 in its peer group with data | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #122 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 19.8% | 20.8% | 16.3% | 18.6% | 22.2% | 21.9% | 19.1% | 19.9% | 21.1% | 20.5% | 20.2% | 21.4% | 20.6% | 20.2% | 22.7% | — | 21.7% | 24.3% | 24.5% | 23.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #119 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 11 in its peer group with data | 3.5 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 4.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #199 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 7 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70.8 | 107.6 | 121.7 | 118.5 | 94.8 | 96.9 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 42,161 | 46,294 | 48,897 | 51,017 | 52,123 | 53,118 | 58,800 | 58,052 | 60,937 | 60,624 | 62,503 | 61,636 | 63,024 | 66,396 | 68,286 | 65,718 | 65,100 | 68,658 | 69,514 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #313 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -4.4 | +5.4 | +1.7 | +0.3 | +3.9 | +0.4 | +6.5 | -3.0 | +1.3 | -4.4 | -0.3 | -1.4 | +2.1 | +3.4 | +0.1 | -1.3 | +0.6 | -0.8 | -3.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 62,933 | 64,875 | 63,386 | 71,842 | 66,083 | 62,738 | 65,892 | 70,658 | 65,993 | — | 63,455 | 60,836 | 64,850 | 70,755 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #259 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.4% | 10.8% | 11.3% | 7.4% | 7.4% | 11.5% | 10.5% | 7.9% | 10.4% | — | 11.7% | 5.5% | 7.2% | 6.1% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #99 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 13 in its peer group with data | 8% | 13% | 23% | 26% | 19% | 21% | 15% | 22% | 29% | 26% | 34% | 28% | 28% | 21% | 29% | 33% | 25% | 23% | 24% | 30% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #61 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 13 in its peer group with data | $1,803 | $1,987 | $1,548 | $1,495 | $2,060 | $2,104 | $1,929 | $2,003 | $1,678 | $1,759 | $1,693 | $1,661 | $1,796 | $1,697 | $1,867 | $2,312 | $1,853 | $1,018 | $1,226 | $1,183 |
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.