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About Pasadena
City in Texas, United StatesPasadena ( PASS-ə-DEE-nə) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Harris County. It is part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 151,950, making it the 23rd most populous city in Texas and the second most populous in Harris County, after Houston. The area was founded in 1893 by John H. Burnett of Galveston, who named the area after Pasadena, California, because of the perceived lush vegetation.
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Housing in Pasadena
The typical Pasadena home is worth about $219,000, down 2.3% in a year, 27% below the Texas typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Pasadena
Safety Grade D
Pasadena reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 87% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 39%.
Health in Pasadena
Compared with Texas
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 13 are too close to call.
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Schools in Pasadena
All Pasadena schools →School Grade C
The public schools Pasadena’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 68% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within TX. Ratings are from neighbors.
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