Photo: Astrophobe · CC BY-SA 4.0South Pasadena’s household incomes are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 31% of workers, where Florida as a whole has 16%. 9.8% of residents are in poverty (Florida 12.6%). For jobs and income South Pasadena is better than 62% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from South Pasadena, in brief
A lot of South Pasadena works from home
31% of South Pasadena workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
South Pasadena and St. Petersburg trade workers both ways
St. Petersburg is the top workplace for South Pasadena residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in South Pasadena come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from South Pasadena are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker, and quicker than any town next door (26 to 26 minutes). Time on the road ↓
South Pasadena’s workforce skews older
39% of South Pasadena’s working residents are 55 or older. 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.
The figures behind South Pasadena’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds South Pasadena’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($53,075, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, South Pasadena could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
About 20 minutes to work from South Pasadena
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of South Pasadena workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,096 commuters (the 31% 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.
20% of working residents work in St. Petersburg
Where South Pasadena clocks in
20% of workers
11% 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.
The 2,430 jobs based in South Pasadena
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in South Pasadena, 2013 → 2023: 1,938 → 2,430. 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 South Pasadena’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in South Pasadena, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,748 residents head out to work, 83 work right here, and 2,347 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,800 people are in South Pasadena on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far South Pasadena goes to work
About 24% 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.
Driving is how South Pasadena gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,587 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 40% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% 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). 14.4% of South Pasadena households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of South Pasadena’s commuters take a bus or train.
South Pasadena next to U.S. towns of 3,600 to 7,000: 1,557th of 3,696 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 145 | Vineyards FL | 3,849 | $131K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 207 | Highland Beach FL | 4,328 | $145K | 2.3% | 3.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,555 | Baden PA | 3,831 | $63K | 8.4% | 3.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,556 | Whitfield FL | 4,261 | $98K | 8.0% | 5.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,557 | South Pasadena FL | 5,169 | $53K | 9.8% | 2.3% | 5% | B |
| 1,558 | Manlius NY | 4,583 | $70K | 8.4% | 3.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,559 | Mill Bay AK | 3,654 | $89K | 9.0% | 0.0% | — | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,696 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 South Pasadena, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
South Pasadena and its neighbors: 25% work next door
The biggest share goes to St. Petersburg (20%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | South Pasadena workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Pasadena | – | B | B+ | 20 min | $53,075 |
| St. Petersburg | 20% | B | A | 26 min | $75,192 |
| Bear Creek | under 2% | A | B | 26 min | $66,923 |
| St. Pete Beach | 5% | A− | A | 26 min | $114,583 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of South Pasadena’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 South Pasadena: questions
What is the median household income in South Pasadena?
$53,075 (±$5,140) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in South Pasadena?
9.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from South Pasadena?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in South Pasadena work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Petersburg (20%, 6 mi), Tampa (11%, 22 mi), Largo (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is South Pasadena walkable?
South Pasadena is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 13.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around South Pasadena without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 40% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from South Pasadena, from the people who make the trip.
More of South Pasadena
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.