Photo: David Wakely · CC BY-SA 2.5Living in Pasadena, CA: what to set up and who to call
Pasadena runs its own electric utility, City of Pasadena; its homes paid 25.1¢ per kWh in 2025. For a library card, the closest branch is Villa Parke Community Center Library, 0.5 miles out.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Pasadena, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Pasadena.
Power comes from City of Pasadena
City of Pasadena (City of Pasadena - (CA)), a municipal utility, serves all of Pasadena. Its homes paid an average of 25.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $116 a month (its average across California).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Pasadena Water and Power
Pasadena Water and Power supplies Pasadena: about 96% of residents live in its service area. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Kinneloa Irrigation Dist. and Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and Rubio Canon Land & Water Association and City of South Pasadena and Valley Water Co. as sellers) and serves 164,344 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 63% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CA1910124.
7 home internet providers serve Pasadena
97% of 30,372 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 37% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 80% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 5% | 4,000/4,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 64% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 57% | 100/20 |
| Starry | Fixed wireless | 4% | 300/100 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Pasadena is any weekday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Pasadena, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (any weekday)The town’s pickup schedule (PDF)
- Bulky itemsCall to book
When a holiday falls on a weekday, pickup slides one day later for the rest of that week.
Accepted at the curb
- Aerosol cans (empty)
- Cans (beverage and food cans)
- Cardboard (flattened)
- Glass containers
- Junk mail
- Cereal boxes
- Newspaper (flattened)
- Paper (any color)
- Telephone books
- Magazines
- Beverage & Food Containers (rinsed)
From cityofpasadena.net, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-11-04, December 6, 2006. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Pasadena (96%) is in Pasadena Unified School District; parts are in La Cañada Unified School District (4%).
BSchool gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Pasadena spans 6 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Pasadena residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Pasadena | ZIP’s residents in Pasadena |
|---|---|---|---|
| 91104 | Pasadena, CA | 21% | 82% |
| 91103 | Pasadena, CA | 19% | 100% |
| 91106 | Pasadena, CA | 17% | 100% |
| 91107 | Pasadena, CA | 17% | 71% |
| 91101 | Pasadena, CA | 15% | 100% |
| 91105 | Pasadena, CA | 10% | 99% |
A few homes fall in 91001, 91108, 91125, 91011. 91102, 91109, 91110, 91114, 91115, 91116, 91117, 91121, 91123, 91124, 91126, 91129, 91182, 91184, 91185, 91188, 91189, 91199 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Pasadena
Who supplies Pasadena’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Pasadena Water and Power (EPA ID CA1910124). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.9 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Pasadena?
City of Pasadena (City of Pasadena - (CA)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 25.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Pasadena?
Spectrum, AT&T, Frontier, Verizon, T-Mobile, Starry (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Pasadena?
91104 (21%), 91103 (19%), 91106 (17%), 91107 (17%), 91101 (15%), 91105 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Pasadena in?
Pasadena Unified School District. Parts of the city are in La Cañada Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Pasadena?
In California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder County Clerk. Check your registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Pasadena’s own website (cityofpasadena.net), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.