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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-SOUTH-PASADENA-FL · South Pasadena, FL 5,324 pop · income 22nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around South Pasadena
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest South Pasadena on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Okeechobee · lowest
50,365
Okeechobee · lowest
50,365 median HH income
22.7% of the leader · rank #1
Brush Fork · near
51,364
Brush Fork · near
51,364 median HH income
23.1% of the leader · rank #2
South Pasadena · this city
51,369
South Pasadena · this city
51,369 median HH income
23.1% of the leader · rank #3
Keystone · near
51,369
Keystone · near
51,369 median HH income
23.1% of the leader · rank #4
So-Hi · near
51,371
So-Hi · near
51,371 median HH income
23.1% of the leader · rank #5
Lineville · near
51,375
Lineville · near
51,375 median HH income
23.1% of the leader · rank #6
Englewood Cli… · highest
222,192
Englewood Cli… · highest
222,192 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for South Pasadena on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 5,324.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
South Pasadena - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, South Pasadena lands in the 22nd percentile for household income and the 48th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
22nd
percentile, household income
68th
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
48th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: South Pasadena, FL
5,324 people live in South Pasadena, Florida - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in South Pasadena report a median income of $51,369 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.1%. Home values in South Pasadena run a median of $319,600, and the median resident age is 68.4 years. 34.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 30.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 1 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Low Activity). South Pasadena reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 1423.7 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Florida scores 103.4 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,526 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Florida run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 75.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of South Pasadena's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to population change to comparison shortlist to reported crime to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For South Pasadena, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, annual population history, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in South Pasadena?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 66.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Is South Pasadena growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -180 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -3.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 1 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for South Pasadena?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Cortez (5,323 residents, $76,915 income); Whiskey Creek (5,298 residents, $99,242 income); Palm Springs North (5,291 residents, $97,083 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Canal Fulton, OH (5,326 residents); St. Robert, MO (5,327 residents); Muleshoe, TX (5,328 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
What can the FBI record say about safety in South Pasadena?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1423.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 38% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in South Pasadena?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 6.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Household income
$51,369
Home value
$319,600
Value / income
6.2×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
D
City profile score · South Pasadena, FL
46/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate B
4.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B-
34.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime C
152 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$51,369
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
South Pasadena profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 71/100 (B) · 4.1%
Bachelor's+ share: 66/100 (B-) · 34.8%
Violent crime: 58/100 (C) · 152 /100k
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Household income: 22/100 (F) · $51,369
Where South Pasadena sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
South Pasadena's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - South Pasadena highlighted among 24 peers.Read the chart values
South Pasadena, FL (this city): home $319,600, crime 1,424/100k
Canal Fulton, OH : home $184,500, crime 862/100k
Muleshoe, TX : home $100,100, crime 488/100k
Englewood Cliffs, NJ : home $1,232,700, crime 1,564/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does South Pasadena compare to other US cities?
South Pasadena measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income22% higher than other cities
Home value68% pricier than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
Safety48% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Florida, South Pasadena ranks #48 of 120 Florida cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares South Pasadena against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Florida only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Florida-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places South Pasadena near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, South Pasadena ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares South Pasadena only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#726 of 903
20th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#393 of 894
56th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#688 of 930
25th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#324 of 930
65th percentile in Florida
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Florida only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
22nd percentile nationally for median household income · 48th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
South Pasadena's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
South Pasadena's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How South Pasadena's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$319,60032nd percentilemore affordable than 32% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
South Pasadena's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,273 of 15,516
More affordable than 8% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,566 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 6.2×, South Pasadena sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,273 of 15,516 and #10,566 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$51,369South Pasadena, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context South Pasadena, FL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for South Pasadena, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)34.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)30.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,324
Median Income
$51,369
Median Home Value
$319,600
Median Age
68.4
Poverty Rate
4.1%
Labor force participation
30.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
34.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1423.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
151.9
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1271.8
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
South Pasadena's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
5,349 residents
2021
5,335 residents
2022
5,335 residents
2023
5,312 residents
2024
5,256 residents
2025
5,169 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Low Activity
Total Permits (2024)
1
housing units authorized
Single-Family
1
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
2
2
0
$0.4M
2021
1
1
0
$0.2M
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
1
1
0
$0.8M
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
66.8%
Carpool
10.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.1%
Work from Home
21.6%
Based on 1,544 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Florida statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Florida at $225 (electricity about $145 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Florida statewide averages, not a meter reading for South Pasadena. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Florida's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around South Pasadena is $1,526/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Florida statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Florida statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county South Pasadena sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How South Pasadena compares to similar-size Florida cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.