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Altadena CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
Altadena CDP is a Census CDP of 41,705 people across 8.47 square miles of land, in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $128,720, 76.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 30 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.1 m.
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Altadena
What Altadena is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area8.47 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,927
- County holding the largest share of its areaLos Angeles County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Altadena
How many people live in Altadena
- Population41,705
- Median age46.4
- Population under 187,974
- Share under 1819.1 percent
- Population 65 and over9,186
- Share 65 and over22.0 percent
- Households15,092
- Family households10,916
- Share of households that are families72.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Altadena
Income and work in Altadena
- Median household income$128,720
- Per capita income$66,553
- Civilian labor force22,114
- Employed20,700
- Unemployed1,414 plus or minus 396
- Unemployment rate6.4 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over31,388
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher53.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree26.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Altadena
Housing in Altadena
- Housing units15,815
- Occupied units15,092
- Vacant units723 plus or minus 262
- Vacancy rate4.6 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Owner occupied11,603
- Renter occupied3,489
- Ownership rate76.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,120,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,355
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.0 percent
- Single family units14,664
- Share single family92.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,095 plus or minus 262
- Share in buildings of two or more6.9 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Mobile homes56 plus or minus 85
- Median year structure built1946
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Altadena
How Altadena gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute15,111
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,060
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more6,308
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.7 percent
- Drove alone62.3 percent
- Carpooled6.4 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Public transport1.5 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home25.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Altadena
SBA 7(a) lending to Altadena borrowers
- Approvals30
- Gross approval$9,141,700
- Average approval$304,723
- Median approval$175,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$800,000
- Largest approval$999,900
- Jobs supported293
- Jobs per approval9.8
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full7
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders19
- Distinct industries by NAICS23
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Altadena
SBA 504 lending to Altadena borrowers
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$6,164,000
- Average approval$513,667
- Median approval$400,000
- Largest approval$1,198,000
- Jobs supported100
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Los Angeles County, not Altadena
Los Angeles County context, not Altadena figures
These are Los Angeles County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Altadena measurements.
- Establishments in Los Angeles County304,988
- Employment at those establishments, Los Angeles County3,987,736
- Covered employment, Los Angeles County4,525,711
- Average annual pay, Los Angeles County$83,554
- Average weekly wage, Los Angeles County$1,607
- Housing units permitted, Los Angeles County19,809
- Of those, single family, Los Angeles County9,106
- County product, 2024, Los Angeles County$1,002,965,029,000
- County product change over the prior year, Los Angeles County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Los Angeles County$103,070
Every figure in this section is published for Los Angeles County as a whole and is not a measurement of Altadena. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Altadena questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Altadena, California?
41,705, in 15,092 households. Altadena CDP covers 8.47 square miles of land, which is 4,927 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Altadena in?
Los Angeles County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Altadena?
$128,720. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,120,000. Median gross rent is $2,355 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Altadena businesses?
30 7(a) approvals totalling $9.1 m, across 19 lenders, median approval $175,000, plus 12 504 approvals worth $6.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Altadena, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Altadena borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Altadena. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Altadena figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Los Angeles County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Altadena.
Is zoning published for Altadena?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.