We consider pseudo-Anosov mapping classes on a closed orientable surface of genus g that fix a rank k subgroup of the first homology of the surface. We first show that there exists a uniform constant C > 0 so that the minimal asymptotic translation length on the curve complex among such pseudo-Anosovs is bounded below by C g(2g−k+1) . This interpolates between results of Gadre-Tsai and of the first author and Shin, who treated the cases of the entire mapping class group (k = 0) and the Torelli subgroup (k = 2g), respectively. We also discuss possible strategy to obtain an upper bound. Finally, we construct a pseudo-Anosov on a genus g surface whose maximal invariant subspace is of rank 2g − 1 and the asymptotic translation length is of ≍ 1/g for all g. Such pseudo-Anosovs are further shown to be unable to normally generate the whole mapping class groups. As Lanier-Margalit proved that pseudo-Anosovs with small translation lengths on the Teichmüller spaces normally generate mapping class groups, our observation provides a restriction on how small the asymptotic translation lengths on curve complexes should be if the similar phenomenon holds for curve complexes.