A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Arcadia$8,040/mo

Typical home $1.38M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.69%+ · or rent about $2,191/mo · Housing →

East Pasadena$6,260/mo

Typical home $1.07M (Census) · tax rate 0.73% · or rent about $2,229/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,790 a month, about $21,400 a year, between Arcadia and East Pasadena.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

Where they are

Arcadia and East Pasadena share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

ArcadiaEast Pasadena

Arcadia ↔ East Pasadena2.4 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

62 East Pasadena residents work in Arcadia (2.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in East Pasadena →

Report cards

Arcadia places higher on 11 of 17 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C−ArcadiaSafer than 20% of U.S. towns –East PasadenaNot graded

Schools

BArcadiaBetter than 63% of districts in the state –East PasadenaNot graded

Health

AArcadiaHealthier than 90% of U.S. towns AEast PasadenaHealthier than 89% of U.S. towns

11Arcadia

5East Pasadena

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #301#754 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #273#31 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 844 towns #103#328 Most remote workersWork · 801 towns #176#367 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #505#325 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #251#146 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #606#705 Most affordableCost of living · 835 towns #749#670

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Arcadia’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

ArcadiaEast Pasadena

Snow a year0″0″

January low46°F —

July high89°F —

Growing season (days)365d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)93rd 91st

Outdoors & history

ArcadiaEast Pasadena

Trails10 mi 0 mi

Conserved land7.8%0.2%

National Register places1 —

Archive photos18 9

Famous people born here40 —

Community

ArcadiaEast Pasadena

Library hours a week60 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs California average

ArcadiaEast Pasadena

People

Population 55,170Highest 5,479Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +0.6%Highest CA: +6.1% -2%Lowest CA: +6.1%

Median age 43.9±1.1Lowest 16% above CA 45±2.2Highest 19% above CA

East Pasadena and Arcadia are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 20.9%±1.7Highest CA: 22% 18.2%±3.8Lowest CA: 22%

Arcadia and East Pasadena are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 20.6%±1.5Lowest CA: 15.7% 22.9%±4.4Highest CA: 15.7%

East Pasadena and Arcadia are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 57.4%Highest CA: 37.1% 56.8%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.9%±1.2Highest CA: 7.6% 4.1%±2Lowest CA: 7.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $113,516±$10kHighest 15% above CA $109,136±$20kLowest 10% above CA

Arcadia and East Pasadena are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $1,441,800±$74kHighest 96% above CA $1,069,200±$129kLowest 46% above CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,191±$68Lowest 8% above CA $2,229±$339Highest 9% above CA

East Pasadena and Arcadia are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $10,000+Highest at least 95% above CA $7,823Lowest 53% above CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58.5%±5.7Lowest CA: 55.3% 65%±14.7Highest CA: 55.3%

East Pasadena and Arcadia are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 8.6%Lowest CA: 12% 9.3%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 58.1%Lowest CA: 55.9% 72.4%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1965Highest 11 yrs older than CA 1950Lowest 26 yrs older than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest about the CA average 26 minLowest 8% below CA

Work from home 22.7%±2.8Highest CA: 17.2% 14.1%±4.4Lowest CA: 17.2%

Work in townworking residents 10.5%Highest 3.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miHighest 11.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.15Highest 0.86Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Los Angeles (22%)Los Angeles (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in East Pasadena3% work in Arcadia

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.8%Highest 0.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 10.3 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 18Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 95.0Lowest 157Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #237 of 574 in CA—

School district Arcadia Unified—

High school in town Arcadia High—

Students per teacherat that high school 24.7 —

California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Arcadia vs East Pasadena

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,790 more a month in Arcadia

Arcadia and East Pasadena share a border

Arcadia places higher on 11 of 17 CA lists

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