Altadena is a medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 42,550 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Altadena is the 182nd largest community in California.

Altadena is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.80% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Altadena is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Altadena who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.44%), management occupations (12.75%), and sales jobs (9.07%).

Of important note, Altadena is also a town of artists. Altadena has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Altadena's character.

Also of interest is that Altadena has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Altadena is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Altadena Information and Demographics

The education level of Altadena citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 38.86% of adults in Altadena have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Altadena in 2000 was $27,604, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,416 for a family of four.

Altadena is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Altadena home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Altadena is White, followed by African-American. Altadena also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.26% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Altadena include English, German, Armenian, Irish, and Italian.

In addition, Altadena has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.72%).

The most common language spoken in Altadena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Armenian.