South Pasadena is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 24,303 people and four constituent neighborhoods, South Pasadena is the 276th largest community in California.

South Pasadena is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 92.69% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, South Pasadena is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in South Pasadena who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.00%), management occupations (13.05%), and teaching (10.41%).

Of important note, South Pasadena is also a city of artists. South Pasadena has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape South Pasadena's character.

Also of interest is that South Pasadena has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

South Pasadena, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, South Pasadena is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

South Pasadena Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in South Pasadena. 56.12% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in South Pasadena in 2000 was $32,620, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,480 for a family of four.

South Pasadena is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call South Pasadena home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in South Pasadena is White, followed by Asian. South Pasadena also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.11% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in South Pasadena include English, German, Irish, and Italian.

In addition, South Pasadena has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (24.38%).

The languages spoken by people in South Pasadena are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in South Pasadena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Spanish, Korean, and Japanese.