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Pasadena city, California: commercial real estate data.
Pasadena city is a Census city of 136,969 people across 22.96 square miles of land, in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $105,192, 42.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 291 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $173.0 m.
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Pasadena
What Pasadena is
- Census place typecity
- Land area22.96 sq mi
- Water area0.14 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,966
- County holding the largest share of its areaLos Angeles County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pasadena
How many people live in Pasadena
- Population136,969
- Median age40.1
- Population under 1822,927
- Share under 1816.7 percent
- Population 65 and over23,798
- Share 65 and over17.4 percent
- Households57,425
- Family households31,293
- Share of households that are families54.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pasadena
Income and work in Pasadena
- Median household income$105,192
- Per capita income$65,304
- Civilian labor force78,773
- Employed74,325
- Unemployed4,448
- Unemployment rate5.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over104,108
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher56.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree26.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pasadena
Housing in Pasadena
- Housing units63,203
- Occupied units57,425
- Vacant units5,778
- Vacancy rate9.1 percent
- Owner occupied24,409
- Renter occupied33,016
- Ownership rate42.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,093,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,265
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.8 percent
- Single family units31,003
- Share single family49.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more32,182
- Share in buildings of two or more50.9 percent
- Mobile homes18 plus or minus 20
- Median year structure built1961
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pasadena
How Pasadena gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute52,443
- Commuting under 15 minutes13,740
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more20,760
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.6 percent
- Drove alone55.5 percent
- Carpooled4.9 percent
- Public transport3.8 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked4.2 percent
- Worked from home27.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pasadena
SBA loans in Pasadena (7(a))
- Approvals291
- Gross approval$173,013,300
- Average approval$594,547
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,763,400
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported2,750
- Jobs per approval9.5
- Loans with a final outcome56
- Paid in full52
- Charged off4
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans7.1 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.2 percent
- Share to franchises8.2 percent
- Distinct lenders68
- Distinct industries by NAICS126
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Pasadena
SBA loans in Pasadena (504)
- Approvals130
- Gross approval$152,912,000
- Average approval$1,176,246
- Median approval$889,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported1,490
- Loans with a final outcome31
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs12
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Pasadena
Flood risk in Pasadena
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number065050
- Currently effective map date(NSFHA)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Los Angeles County, not Pasadena
Los Angeles County context, not Pasadena figures
These are Los Angeles County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Pasadena measurements.
- Establishments in Los Angeles County304,988
- Employment at those establishments, Los Angeles County3,987,736
- Covered employment, Los Angeles County4,525,711
- Average annual pay, Los Angeles County$83,554
- Average weekly wage, Los Angeles County$1,607
- Housing units permitted, Los Angeles County19,809
- Of those, single family, Los Angeles County9,106
- County product, 2024, Los Angeles County$1,002,965,029,000
- County product change over the prior year, Los Angeles County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Los Angeles County$103,070
Every figure in this section is published for Los Angeles County as a whole and is not a measurement of Pasadena. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Pasadena questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Pasadena, California?
136,969, in 57,425 households. Pasadena city covers 22.96 square miles of land, which is 5,966 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Pasadena in?
Los Angeles County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Pasadena?
$105,192. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,093,300. Median gross rent is $2,265 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Pasadena businesses?
291 7(a) approvals totalling $173.0 m, across 68 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 130 504 approvals worth $152.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Pasadena, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Pasadena borrowers get paid back?
Of the 56 loans that have reached a final outcome, 52 were paid in full and 4 charged off, a charge off rate of 7.1 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Pasadena in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Pasadena appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 065050, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Pasadena figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Los Angeles County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Pasadena.
Is zoning published for Pasadena?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.