Pasadena, TX: Big City Access. Small Town Connections.

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3 Apr 2020


In Pasadena, Texas, you truly can have it all – big city amenities with a hometown feel. Typically, in order to find a close-knit community, you have to live away from large metros like Houston, Chicago and D.C.. That’s what makes Pasadena so unique.  We are physically adjacent to Houston, yet culturally – we’re a world away. 

Pasadena Offers the Best of Both Worlds

Pasadena is the second largest city in the Greater Houston metro, but has a surprisingly small-town feel, making it a great place to jumpstart your family or career. You can run into friends or colleagues at the grocery store – yet be in downtown Houston in 20 minutes, or in Galveston in an hour. Our location between Houston and Clear Lake makes us less congested than other parts of the region, with 25-minute average commute times.

Businesses Appreciate Our Connectivity

Pasadena is located 15-minutes from downtown Houston, and on the Houston Ship Channel -providing businesses with direct access to Port Houston. The city also offers ample rail access and a regional airport, plus Hobby Airport (HOU) is 20-minutes away and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) is just an hour away. When combined with three freeway systems intersecting at the city (I-45, the Pasadena Freeway and the Sam Houston Tollway), Pasadena offers an unmatched level of connectivity and access to companies doing business in the Southwest, the entire United States and the rest of the world. 

Families Appreciate Our Low Cost of Living 

Pasadena houseWe boast a low cost of living and more affordable housing options than in other parts of the Houston Metro – with average home prices around $180,000. Pasadena offers family-friendly neighborhoods with 400 new builds on the way in south Pasadena, along with fabulous waterfront living. 

Pasadena’s Friendly Hometown Culture Makes it a Fun Place to Live

In Pasadena, it’s easy to make friends and to spend time with them. The community is close-knit, yet welcoming, and with events like the Strawberry Festival it’s fun to meet people and get involved. Plus, it’s easy to get connected through neighborhood, school, and professional networks or places of worship. As a result, people who have just moved to Texas, or who move from Houston to Pasadena, find that they are suddenly part of a community – that they belong.

This spirit of community is especially evident in how the community comes together. This is a community who truly cares – whether it’s during times of celebration or times of hardship. Case in point: Pasadena has the largest volunteer fire department for a single municipality in the entire country. In times of crisis, like the COVID-19 pandemic, the EDC is here to provide support as well. We are working with local businesses to get them the financial resources and tools they need to navigate through these difficult times. That’s what we do in Pasadena – we help each other. 

Couple this community spirit with our young, diverse residents and you’ll find this is a great place to call home. We invite you to learn more about Pasadena and how we are the Houston Metro’s best kept secret.