Directly north of Pasadena, it is located approximately 14 miles (23 km) from Downtown Los Angeles. Its population was 42,846 at the 2020 census, up slightly from a 2010 figure of 42,777. In early 2025, the community was severely impacted by the Eaton Fire.

1 day ago · By 1970, 70% of Black households in Altadena owned their homes, nearly double the rate for Black residents living elsewhere in Los Angeles County, according to data provided by the study.

14 hours ago · Altadena’s Black residents were disproportionally hit by the Eaton fire, a UCLA study says. ... Ryan Fonseca writes the Los Angeles Times’ Essential California newsletter. A lifelong SoCal ...

3 days ago · In this section of western Altadena, residents weren't ordered to evacuate until after 5 a.m., according to records reviewed by The Times. That was well after smoke and flames were threatening the ...

Altadena is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in the Verdugo Mountains region of Los Angeles County, California, approximately 14 miles from downtown Los Angeles, and directly north of the city of Pasadena, California.

Jan 16, 2025 · Altadena, California, has one of California’s oldest and most affluent middle-class Black neighborhoods. That neighborhood was affected by the 2025 Eaton Canyon fire, which destroyed more than 1,000 homes across the entire Altadena community.

Altadena is an unincorporated area, and census-designated place in the San Gabriel Valley and the Verdugos regions of Los Angeles County, California. Directly north of Pasadena, it is located approximately 14 miles from Downtown Los Angeles. Its population was 42,846 at the 2020 census, up slightly from a 2010 figure of 42,777.

Altadena is an unincorporated census-designated place of Los Angeles County in the state of California, in the United States. 42,846 people were living in Altadena as of 2020. [3] . It is about fourteen miles from downtown Los Angeles. It was built as a suburb of Pasadena in 1887.

Nov 3, 2012 · Altadena is an unincorporated community of Los Angeles County, next to and within the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. It is bounded on three sides by wilderness (the Arroyo Seco, Angeles National Forest, and Eaton Canyon), and on the south by the city of Pasadena.

Altadena is 13 miles northeast of the city of Los Angeles and directly north of the city of Pasadena. Founded at the time of Southern California’s land boom of the 1880s, the town’s uniqueness derives from a distinct history, “live free or die” culture, and stunning physical setting.