With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Pasadena Hills works elsewhere
1,293 jobs are based in Pasadena Hills for 5,427 working residents. The two grades for Pasadena Hills are A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 1% stay in Pasadena Hills for work; outside it, Tampa is the main destination (21%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Pasadena Hills
Jobs in Pasadena Hills have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Pasadena Hills went from 472 in 2013 to 1,293 in 2023, +174%. The jobs ↓
Pasadena Hills’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pasadena Hills is Tampa, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (1,148) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Pasadena Hills is a place people come home to
There are 1,293 jobs based in Pasadena Hills, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pasadena Hills has about 9,400 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pasadena Hills workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Pasadena Hills
62% of Pasadena Hills residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Pasadena Hills pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Pasadena Hills’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pasadena Hills is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #124 of 638 in Florida. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pasadena Hills could be anywhere from B− to A.
What Pasadena Hills’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pasadena Hills, 2013 → 2023: 472 → 1,293. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pasadena Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Pasadena Hills works
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The workday shuffle in and out of Pasadena Hills
On a workday 5,353 residents head out to work, 74 work right here, and 1,219 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,400 people are in Pasadena Hills on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Pasadena Hills: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pasadena Hills workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,279 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The places Pasadena Hills commutes to
Where Pasadena Hills clocks in
21% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Pasadena Hills is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pasadena Hills is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #557 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Pasadena Hills near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,519 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 24% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.2% of Pasadena Hills households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Pasadena Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Pasadena Hills next to U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000: 895th of 2,526 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 131 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 195 | Lake Mary FL | 16,789 | $109K | 3.5% | 2.6% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 239 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 893 | Lower Swatara Township PA | 10,043 | $87K | 9.0% | 3.1% | 9% | A− |
| 894 | Home Gardens CA | 10,506 | $96K | 6.2% | 5.4% | 1% | A− |
| 895 | Pasadena Hills FL | 13,505 | $85K | 4.3% | 3.3% | 1% | A− |
| 896 | Pella IA | 10,992 | $84K | 6.0% | 1.1% | 41% | A− |
| 897 | Clinton CT | 13,439 | $125K | 5.7% | 4.9% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pasadena Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Pasadena Hills and its neighbors: 13% work next door
The biggest share goes to Zephyrhills (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pasadena Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasadena Hills | – | A− | C | 35 min | $84,821 |
| Zephyrhills | 6% | C+ | B | 32 min | $52,108 |
| St. Leo | under 2% | C+ | A | 16 min | $96,389 |
| Dade City | 2% | C | B | 35 min | $70,107 |
| Wesley Chapel | 5% | B+ | C+ | 31 min | $107,504 |
| San Antonio | under 2% | A− | B+ | 26 min | $94,342 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pasadena Hills’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Pasadena Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Pasadena Hills?
$84,821 (±$12,328) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pasadena Hills?
4.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pasadena Hills?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pasadena Hills work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (21%, 27 mi), Zephyrhills (6%, 4 mi), Wesley Chapel (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pasadena Hills walkable?
Pasadena Hills is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pasadena Hills without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pasadena Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pasadena Hills
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.