ZIP 91106 vs ZIP 91101

This side-by-side compares ZIP 91106 (Pasadena, CA) and ZIP 91101 (Pasadena, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 91106 has a population of 24,229 at 3,176 people per square mile, while ZIP 91101 has 20,460 at 5,940 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 91106 reports a median household income of $90,028 against $87,813 in ZIP 91101, with per-capita income of $70,310 vs $62,821. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 61.6% in 91106 and 60.1% in 91101. Poverty rate reads 11.8% vs 19.6%, and unemployment 6.4% vs 5.1% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $1,040,400 in 91106 versus $682,300 in 91101, with median rent of $2,177 and $2,270 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 35.9% vs 15.2%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.