Best PlacesPasadina, Houston, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pasadina, Houston, 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.
Pasadina, Houston ranks 3,719th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 16 minutes away. Its strengths are a stable housing market and state finances. The cost shows up in disaster risk, air quality, and thin health care access.
The best neighborhoods in Pasadina, Houston
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.
Pasadina, Houston's strengths and weaknesses
Pasadina, Houston lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. A stable housing market, state finances, and low taxes carry most of that.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Disaster risk, air quality, and thin health care access hold the score down. That varies block to block rather than evenly, and the map below shows where.
Where Pasadina, Houston ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$842 a month, better than 83% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 72% of neighborhoods
Where Pasadina, Houston ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Pasadina, Houston
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pasadina, Houston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,762, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Pasadina, Houston's effective rate of 1.41%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pasadina, Houston
Pasadina, Houston runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pasadina, Houston.
Who works in Pasadina, Houston, and how
Work in Pasadina, Houston centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Pasadina, Houston
Pasadina, Houston has more parkland per resident than 73% of neighborhoods and less late-night activity than most neighborhoods. The coast is about 16 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Pasadina, Houston and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pasadina, Houston, month by month
Pasadina, Houston sees roughly 136 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 55° | 48° |
| April | 79° | 71° | 63° |
| July | 93° | 84° | 78° |
| October | 82° | 73° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Pasadina, Houston
William P Hobby sits about 6 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 101 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pasadina, Houston
Schools across Pasadina, Houston average a C+, better than 54% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Falcon Pass ElB+ · 54% proficient
- Fairmont ElB+ · 54% proficient
- Brookwood ElB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fairmont J HA+ · 69% proficient
- Westbrook IntA+ · 69% proficient
- Clear Lake IntB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Clear Horizons Early College H SA · 75% proficient
- Deer Park H SA− · 64% proficient
- Clear Lake H SA− · 64% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pasadina, Houston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pasadina, Houston 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 Pasadina, Houston against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Pasadina, Houston suits
Families
Schools land around the 54th percentile and crime safety beats 58%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 70% of neighborhoods, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Pasadina, Houston
Is Pasadina, Houston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pasadina, Houston ranks 3,719th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, state finances, and low taxes, and lowest on disaster risk and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pasadina, Houston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $235,109. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $82,762 median income, cost of living beats 70% of neighborhoods.
Is Pasadina, Houston safe?
Yes, Pasadina, Houston is safer than 58% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $512 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Pasadina, Houston?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 48. That works out to about 136 pleasant days a year, more than 70% of neighborhoods.
Is Pasadina, Houston good for families?
Schools beat 54% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 58%, and childcare runs $842 a month.
Is Pasadina, Houston good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 70% of neighborhoods, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 67% of neighborhoods. About 11% of workers already work from home.
Compare Pasadina, Houston with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pasadina, Houston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pasadina, Houston 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.
Pasadina, Houston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pasadina, Houston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pasadina, Houston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pasadina, Houston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pasadina, Houston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pasadina, Houston 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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