Housing density: 2,556 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $967,334.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,841 (lower quartile is $1,486, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,586
Median gross rent in Glendale, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Glendale with a mortgage: 17,977 (2,028 second mortgage, 64 home equity loan, 1,602 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 117
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $136,021
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $112,536
Size of family households: 16,926 2-persons, 11,735 3-persons, 11,595 4-persons, 4,779 5-persons, 933 6-persons, 303 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 22,051 1-person, 5,330 2-persons, 358 3-persons.
25,069 married couples with children.
7,120 single-parent households (1,324 men, 5,796 women).
34.6% of residents of Glendale speak English at home.
13.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
40.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
9.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other language at home (56% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 92,498 (48.9%)
(73.6% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 98.3% Number of people working at home: 19,094 (21.6% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 979
5 to 9 minutes: 4,787
10 to 14 minutes: 8,144
15 to 19 minutes: 11,188
20 to 24 minutes: 10,735
25 to 29 minutes: 3,074
30 to 34 minutes: 14,161
35 to 39 minutes: 2,197
40 to 44 minutes: 4,465
45 to 59 minutes: 4,975
60 to 89 minutes: 3,503
90 or more minutes: 1,199
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 58,473 (62.1%)
Carpooled: 9,075 (9.6%)
Bus: 2,096 (2.2%)
Subway or elevated rail: 103 (0.1%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 53 (0.1%)
Ferryboat: 53 (0.1%)
Taxi: 2,661 (2.8%)
Bicycle: 211 (0.2%)
Walked: 2,308 (2.5%)
Worked at home: 19,094 (20.3%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
8.3%Males
7.3%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
4.1%Males
13.3%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
2.9%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
0.7%Males
2.6%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
3.2%Males
9.0%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
12.1%Males
9.7%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
2.6%Males
8.8%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Glendale, California
26,1532010 or later
20,4702000 to 2009
17,3521990 to 1999
37,8391980 to 1989
16,2351970 to 1979
8,175Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
Armenian: 56,958 (43.4%)
Iranian: 1,787 (1.4%)
Russian: 1,575 (1.2%)
German: 1,448 (1.1%)
Irish: 1,347 (1.0%)
English: 1,202 (0.9%)
Italian: 1,195 (0.9%)
American: 906 (0.7%)
European: 773 (0.6%)
Lebanese: 527 (0.4%)
Egyptian: 495 (0.4%)
Syrian: 435 (0.3%)
Polish: 314 (0.2%)
Greek: 283 (0.2%)
Eastern European: 266 (0.2%)
Arab: 241 (0.2%)
Brazilian: 231 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 196 (0.1%)
British: 185 (0.1%)
Afghan: 182 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 172 (0.1%)
Swedish: 148 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 147 (0.1%)
African: 146 (0.1%)
French: 145 (0.1%)
Scottish: 143 (0.1%)
Iraqi: 140 (0.1%)
Croatian: 126 (0.10%)
Romanian: 126 (0.10%)
Danish: 126 (0.10%)
Canadian: 116 (0.09%)
Slovak: 111 (0.08%)
Portuguese: 102 (0.08%)
Assyrian: 97 (0.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 96 (0.07%)
Welsh: 90 (0.07%)
Scandinavian: 86 (0.07%)
Lithuanian: 80 (0.06%)
Palestinian: 79 (0.06%)
Jamaican: 74 (0.06%)
Australian: 72 (0.05%)
Ethiopian: 71 (0.05%)
Czech: 70 (0.05%)
Finnish: 67 (0.05%)
Turkish: 67 (0.05%)
Belizean: 63 (0.05%)
Dutch: 61 (0.05%)
Jordanian: 57 (0.04%)
Moroccan: 54 (0.04%)
Northern European: 49 (0.04%)
Bulgarian: 37 (0.03%)
Nigerian: 37 (0.03%)
Basque: 36 (0.03%)
French Canadian: 36 (0.03%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 27 (0.02%)
Swiss: 24 (0.02%)
South African: 22 (0.02%)
Estonian: 20 (0.02%)
Slovene: 17 (0.01%)
Austrian: 16 (0.01%)
Guyanese: 16 (0.01%)
Haitian: 15 (0.01%)
West Indian: 13 (0.01%)
Czechoslovakian: 11 (0.01%)
Israeli: 10 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Iran
Glendale:
27.3% (26,360)
California:
2.0% (206,004)
Armenia
Glendale:
23.8% (23,049)
California:
0.8% (78,847)
Philippines
Glendale:
7.3% (7,089)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Mexico
Glendale:
6.8% (6,526)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Korea
Glendale:
4.6% (4,464)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Iraq
Glendale:
3.6% (3,447)
California:
0.4% (40,941)
El Salvador
Glendale:
2.6% (2,525)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
Lebanon
Glendale:
2.2% (2,164)
California:
0.3% (31,757)
Russia
Glendale:
1.9% (1,829)
California:
0.7% (71,932)
Syria
Glendale:
1.6% (1,584)
California:
0.3% (30,949)
Azerbaijan
Glendale:
1.6% (1,554)
California:
0.1% (6,119)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 71,898
Other state: 21,937
Northeast: 5,202
Midwest: 6,789
South: 6,310
West: 3,636
88.0% of Glendale residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 41.7% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 40.7% lived in California.
Glendale:
88.0%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 2,076
Nursery to 4th grade: 312
5th and 6th grade: 2,346
7th and 8th grade: 1,183
9th grade: 290
10th grade: 469
11th grade: 663
12th grade, no diploma: 792
High school graduate (or equivalency): 15,772
Less than 1 year of college: 2,598
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 8,013
Associate degree: 5,059
Bachelor's degree: 16,594
Master's degree: 5,952
Professional school degree: 1,748
Doctorate degree: 1,631
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 2,493
Nursery to 4th grade: 421
5th and 6th grade: 1,702
7th and 8th grade: 927
9th grade: 1,000
10th grade: 494
11th grade: 177
12th grade, no diploma: 725
High school graduate (or equivalency): 14,681
Less than 1 year of college: 3,331
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 7,783
Associate degree: 6,331
Bachelor's degree: 22,696
Master's degree: 9,534
Professional school degree: 2,207
Doctorate degree: 938
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 24,847
One, attached: 3,953
Two: 2,484
3 or 4: 5,535
5 to 9: 9,152
10 to 19: 10,849
20 to 49: 11,986
50 or more: 9,449
Mobile homes: 77
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.5%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 4.7%
House/condo owner moved in on average 15 years ago