Best PlacesPasadena Hills, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pasadena Hills, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pasadena Hills ranks 27,651st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pasadena Hills
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Pasadena Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Pasadena Hills ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 85% of towns
Where Pasadena Hills ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Short commute35.3 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pasadena Hills
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pasadena Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $70,457; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Pasadena Hills' effective rate of 0.84%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pasadena Hills
Pasadena Hills runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pasadena Hills.
Who works in Pasadena Hills, and how
Work in Pasadena Hills centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Pasadena Hills
The coast is about 37 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Pasadena Hills, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pasadena Hills, month by month
Pasadena Hills sees roughly 102 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 47. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| April | 85° | 71° | 59° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 86° | 74° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Pasadena Hills
Tampa International sits about 28 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.1 million passengers in 2025, with 135 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pasadena Hills
Schools across Pasadena Hills average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- San Antonio Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Centennial Elementary SchoolB · 44% proficient
- New River Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Centennial Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Pasco Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Raymond B. Stewart Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Pasco High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Zephyrhills High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pasadena Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pasadena Hills measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Pasadena Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pasadena Hills
Is Pasadena Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pasadena Hills ranks 27,651st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and fast internet, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pasadena Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $268,542. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $70,457 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Pasadena Hills safe?
Yes, Pasadena Hills is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $137 per resident a year.
Compare Pasadena Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pasadena Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pasadena Hills represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Pasadena Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pasadena Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pasadena Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pasadena Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pasadena Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pasadena Hills detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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