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East Pasadena is a big small town of 5,479 people in Los Angeles County, California. It's about 21 miles from Los Angeles, CA. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 69°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.1M and rent runs about $2k a month.
5,479people
$1.1MTypical home
$2,229/moRent
90° / 69°Summer / winter
0"Snow
333Sunny days
33Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,479
- Part of a metro area
- About 4,160 people per sq mi
- 21 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 21 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 1 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.1M (≈$6,742/mo)
- Median rent $2,229/mo
- Median household income $109k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 69°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 333 sunny days a year (222 totally clear)
- 32 cloudy days a year
- 16 of 90 winter days are gray
- 33 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 7 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (539 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,118 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 45
- 25% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 55% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 17 mi to BUR airport
- 17 mi to BUR (major hub)
- 25 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1950
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 630 ft
- 25 mi to the ocean
- 124 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 16 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 107 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 7,571 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 556 bars within 25 mi
- 3,505 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 62 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 194 museums within 25 mi
- 32 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 25% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Los Angeles County: D+33 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk