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San Gabriel Valley

Pasadena

Foothill geography, varied housing eras, and a street network where the block and the regional route both matter.

Market report

What the latest sales are showing.

May 2026Monthly market view
Median sale price
$1,250,000
+3.3% year over year
Median market time
34 days
-3 days year over year
Homes sold / month
83
-22.4% year over year
Average sale-to-list
103.9%
-0.1% year over year
Homes for sale
298
-6.3% year over year
New listings / month
123
-17.4% year over year
Sale price movement
$1,142,000-$1,360,000
May 2025May 2026
Market-time movement
32-66 days
May 2025May 2026
Zillow Home Value Index · five-year view
$1,002,340-$1,232,661
Jul 2021Jul 2026

Living here

Foothill distance can change the daily pattern.

Pasadena sits below the San Gabriel Mountains, with a gridded center and residential areas that extend toward the foothills. The housing mix includes apartments, attached homes, early suburban streets, and larger hillside properties.

Freeway and rail access connect the city across the region, but the first and last part of a trip changes with the address. Compare the actual commute, parking, terrain, and access to the services you use before treating the citywide market as one uniform place.

From city data to a specific block

Read the market broadly. Judge the property closely.

Your SBZ team can help you place a Pasadena purchase or sale inside the city trend without losing the address-level details.

Planning a Pasadena move

Put the market in context.

Share your goal and timing so we can begin with the part of Pasadena that matters to your move.

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