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28.29° N · 82.23° W · GEOID 1255305

Pasadena Hills

Pasco County, Florida · part of the Tampa, FL metro

FloridaPasadena Hills, FLPasadena HillsPasadena Hills

The short answer

Pasadena Hills is home to 13,505 people. Median household income is $84,821 a year and median rent is $1,167 a month, 16.5% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $338,900, about 4.0x annual median household income.

Pasadena Hills stands out on value for money. Rent run 29% below what its fundamentals predict in the same metro area. Also notable: OpenStreetMap shows 0 grocery stores per 10,000 residents, fewer than in 93% of places its size. It is the lowest of 474 Florida places we track.

28OF 100

CTXCitytistics Index

Below average

Pasadena Hills scores better than 28% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 234th of 474 in Florida.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%63
Economy 20%52
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%15
Education 10%50
Commute 10%7
Growth 5%n/a

Not rated: safety, growth, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$1,167
15% below the median place
Median household income
$84,821
6% above the median place
Median home value
$338,900
6% above the median place
Unemployment
4.9%
0% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Pasadena Hills

  • HousingHalf the homes were built after 2003, newer housing than in 92% of the 2,300 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track.
01

Moving to Pasadena Hills

Pasco County gains about 38.5 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in52,217
Moved out33,787
Net+18,430

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Within Florida, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within FloridaOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$76K
Leavers$62K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Pasco County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
8.2% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 3.0% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Pasco County report $76,500 a year in income on average; those leaving, $62,200, so newcomers earn more than leavers.
Income you would need
$46,700 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,167 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,983 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $338,900.
Getting to work
35 minutes each way on average; 19.0% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Springville, AL matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
8.2%
42% above the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people7
38.5
above the median place (median -0.6)
Moved from another state1
3.0%
49% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasurePasadena HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year18.2%42% above
Moved from another state1County figure3.0%49% above
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure38.5above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure$76,4868% above
Income of households moving out7County figure$62,18012% below
02

What it costs to live here

Rent is light relative to pay, but the county has a FEMA natural hazard risk score of 96 out of 100. Budget for insurance before counting the savings.

Pasadena Hills16.5%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$46,680
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
16.5%
19% below the median place
Home price to income
4.0x
5% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
16%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$74,100
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Pasadena Hills, $1,167 a month, and local prices for everything else (95.8 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Pasadena Hills, but easier on the budget

Places that match Pasadena Hills on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

PlaceMatchRent to incomeMore left a year
Springville, AL9011.9% vs 16.5%$3,600Compare
Mount Washington, KY8512.6% vs 16.5%$13,700Compare
Pecan Grove, TX8513.7% vs 16.5%$42,900Compare
Unionville, NC8412.2% vs 16.5%$12,700Compare

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Median year built1
2003
1% above the median place
Homeownership1
87.9%
32% above the median place
Vacant homes1
14.5%
106% above the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasurePasadena HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,16715% below
Rent to income116.5%19% below
Property tax rate10.8%15% below
Home price to income14.0x5% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure100.90% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,91719% above
HUD area median income4County figure$104,7002% below
Property tax paid (median)1$2,61920% below
Median home value1$338,9006% above
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure-2.6%below (median 3.2%)
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure69.1%34% above
Homeownership187.9%32% above
Renters paying 30%+141.4%18% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,9836% above
Vacant homes114.5%106% above
Median year built120031% above
03

Work and pay

Counting remote workers as zero, the average worker spends about 220 hours a year commuting, more than in 89% of the 2,241 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track.

Mean commute1
35 min
41% above the median place
Poverty rate1
4.3%
60% below the median place
Works from home1
19.0%
53% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasurePasadena HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$84,8216% above
Income per person1$40,1220% above
Unemployment1County figure4.9%0% above
Average annual pay6County figure$58,22812% below
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure4.1%11% above
Jobs6County figure150,3340% below
Poverty rate14.3%60% below
Mean commute135 min41% above
Works from home119.0%53% above
Commutes by transit1County figure0.4%54% below
04

Who lives here

Median age is 43.1, 11% above the median place.

Median age1
43.1
11% above the median place
No health insurance1
9.7%
52% above the median place
Born abroad1
15.8%
79% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Household size2.7 +8%
High school or higher90.7% −2%
Homes with broadband92.6% +0%
Bachelor's or higher32.1% +0%
All 8 people measures
MeasurePasadena HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population113,5053257th largest
Median age143.111% above
Bachelor's or higher132.1%0% above
High school or higher190.7%2% below
Household size12.78% above
Born abroad115.8%79% above
No health insurance19.7%52% above
Homes with broadband192.6%0% above
05

Life in Pasadena Hills

OpenStreetMap shows 28.1 parks per 10,000 residents, more than in 93% of the 2,301 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track.

11 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places. Its history on Wikipedia

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents28.1 2.8×
Playgrounds per 10k31.1 3.3×
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • De Soto National Memorial 58 miles
  • Canaveral National Seashore 95 miles
  • Fort Matanzas National Monument 116 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars14.4 −31%
Shops26.4 −13%
Arts, recreation and fitness3.3 −20%
Doctors' offices and clinics21.2 +5%
Child care centers1.7 −26%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site10
58.4
90% above the median place
Restaurants and bars per 10k8
14.4
31% below the median place
Public school students12
86,611
above the median place (median 4,897)
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasurePasadena HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools12County figure107above (median 9)
Public school students12County figure86,611above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher12County figure17.614% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure14.431% below
Shops per 10k8County figure26.413% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure3.320% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure21.25% above
Child care centers per 10k8County figure1.726% below
Parks per 10k928.1177% above
Playgrounds per 10k931.1230% above
Grocery stores per 10k90.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k90.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails90.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi90.0below (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site1058.490% above
National Park Service sites within 60 miles10150% below
National Register listings11County figure1115% below
06

Safety, weather and risk

January average low is 48°F, 91% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Pasadena Hills. Larger places are fetched first.

January average low13
48°F
91% above the median place
Average temperature13
72°F
31% above the median place
Good air days15
92.6%
35% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasurePasadena HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high13County figure91°F4% above
January average low13County figure48°F91% above
Average temperature13County figure72°F31% above
Annual precipitation13County figure52.8 in21% above
Natural hazard risk14County figure96.04% above
Hurricane risk14County figure98.139% above
Tornado risk14County figure98.421% above
Wildfire risk14County figure95.456% above
Heat wave risk14County figure90.10% above
Median air quality index15County figure3714% below
Good air days15County figure92.6%35% above
08

Pasadena Hills in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 16% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 17% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Pasadena Hills does better than 63% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 67%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,167/mo (2024)$1,480/mo$1,210 to $1,800/mo+4.0%
Median household income$84,821 (2024)$108,000$91,000 to $127,500+4.1%
Median home value$338,900 (2024)$492,000$357,000 to $677,000+6.4%

The median home would be worth 4.6 years of the median income in 2030, against 4.0 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Pasadena Hills

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Oxford, MA$1,203$89,623Compare
Caledonia, WI$1,141$93,152Compare
Harwood Heights, IL$1,236$81,086Compare
North Bend, OR$1,066$81,320Compare
North Bend, ORHarwood Heights, ILCaledonia, WIOxford, MAPasadena Hills, FLPasadena HillsOxfordCaledoniaHarwood HeightsNorth BendPasadena HillsOxfordCaledoniaHarwood HeightsNorth Bend

Places built like Pasadena Hills

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Pasadena Hills performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Pasadena Hills, FL16.5%5.0%/yrn/a
Glasgow, DE21.5%4.1%/yrn/aCompare
Groveland, FL20.7%9.9%/yr38.0%Compare
Powder Springs, GA18.1%8.5%/yr24.2%Compare
Gateway, FL21.1%1.4%/yrn/aCompare
La Plata, MD15.4%6.8%/yr19.2%Compare
Lugoff, SC15.8%5.9%/yrn/aCompare

Common questions

Is Pasadena Hills a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 28 out of 100, better than 28% of the places we rate and 234th of 474 in Florida. Half the homes were built after 2003, newer housing than in 92% of the 2,300 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. On cost, space and class size it scores 93 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Pasadena Hills expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 16.5% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $338,900.

What salary do you need to live in Pasadena Hills?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $46,680 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Pasadena Hills?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Oxford, MA, Caledonia, WI, Harwood Heights, IL and North Bend, OR.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Pasadena Hills with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Pasadena Hills itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/pasadena-hills-florida

Citytistics. “Pasadena Hills, Florida.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/pasadena-hills-florida/

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