Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in East Pasadena, CA

East Pasadena is an unincorporated census-designated place in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County — despite its name, it is not part of the city of Pasadena and is governed directly by the county.

East Pasadena had a population of 6,021 at the 2020 census, packed into just 1.32 square miles, giving it a density of about 4,571 people per square mile.

East Pasadena has 2,082 households with an average size of 2.88 people, and about 64% of its occupied homes are owner-occupied.

East Pasadena first appeared as a census-designated place in the 1990 census, and it has actually shrunk over time as the city of Pasadena annexed portions of the unincorporated community.

A smaller non-contiguous western district of East Pasadena was split off in 2010 to form the separate San Pasqual census-designated place.

Much of the Chapman Woods development lies in unincorporated East Pasadena; the neighborhood is named after Alfred Chapman, who bought the surrounding land and built his home at what is now California Boulevard and Ivydale Court.

Willard Elementary School and Wilson Middle School face each other across Madre Street and form the central feature of the Chapman Woods neighborhood.

East Pasadena is split for schooling between the San Marino Unified School District in its southwest portion and the Pasadena Unified School District along the Rosemead Boulevard corridor.

The Metro A Line light rail stops in East Pasadena at the Sierra Madre Villa Avenue and Foothill Boulevard station.

Feral peafowl roam freely through East Pasadena and neighboring west San Gabriel Valley communities — the birds became such a nuisance that in 2021 Los Angeles County banned feeding them.