Head to head
Houston vs Pasadena
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Houston is the larger of the two, with 2,314,157 people to 153,784 in Pasadena. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Everything below is the evidence for that: population, size within each city’s own country, the distance between them, and where each one stands on the global board.
The answer
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Houston is the larger of the two, with 2,314,157 people to 153,784 in Pasadena. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Houston nor Pasadena has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
the United States| Metric | Houston | Pasadena |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,314,157 | 153,784 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 6th largest | 180th largest |
| Country | United States | United States |
| Region | Texas | Texas |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 5:52 PM · UTC-05:00 | 5:52 PM · UTC-05:00 |
| CityWar rank | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
| City score$1 contributed = 1 point | $0 | $0 |
| Backers | 0 | 0 |
| Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC | $0 | $0 |
Distance and time
17 km apartHouston and Pasadena are 17 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in the United States. Pasadena keeps time the same time as Houston.
Houston has 2,160,373 more people — 15.0× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Houston or Pasadena?
- Houston is the larger city by population, with 2,314,157 people to 153,784 in Pasadena — a difference of 2,160,373. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Houston and Pasadena?
- 17 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in the United States. Pasadena keeps time the same time as Houston.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Houston or Pasadena?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Houston is the larger of the two, with 2,314,157 people to 153,784 in Pasadena. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
- How is a city's CityWar score calculated?
- One US dollar contributed is one point, and cities are ordered by total score with the highest first. When two cities are level the one backed first holds the higher rank. Nothing else is in the calculation — no population weighting, no votes and no editorial judgement — which is why Houston and Pasadena both currently sit at $0.
Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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