Glendale vs Mesa

A side-by-side comparison of Glendale and Mesa: population, income, housing, and more.

Glendale and Mesa are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mesa has the higher population (507,478 vs 250,193 in Glendale). Mesa has the higher median household income ($78,779 vs $70,139 in Glendale). Mesa has the higher median home value ($364,300 vs $347,000 in Glendale).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Mesa
Population	250,193	507,478
Median age	34.5 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,139	$78,779
Median home value	$347,000	$364,300
Median gross rent	$1,397	$1,478
Housing units	91,847	221,129
Homeownership rate	57.6%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Mesa
Population	247,813 → 250,193 (+1.0%)	499,720 → 507,478 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$55,020 → $70,139 (+27.5%)	$58,181 → $78,779 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$214,700 → $347,000 (+61.6%)	$226,500 → $364,300 (+60.8%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,397 (+40.1%)	$1,044 → $1,478 (+41.6%)

Glendale

Population

247,813250,193

Median household income

$55,020$70,139

Median home value

$214,700$347,000

Median gross rent

$997$1,397

Mesa

Population

499,720507,478

Median household income

$58,181$78,779

Median home value

$226,500$364,300

Median gross rent

$1,044$1,478

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	Mesa
Under 5	6.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.7%
75 and over	5.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	60.7%
Black or African American	6.6%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.5%
Asian	4.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	40.5%	26.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Mesa
No high school diploma	15.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	27.7%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Mesa
Drove alone	68.7%	67.7%
Carpooled	12.5%	11.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.9%
Walked	1.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.1%	16.9%
Other means	2.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Mesa
1-unit, detached	59.3%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	11.2%
20 or more units	12.9%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Mesa
Poverty rate	16.2%	10.5%
Average household size	2.83	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1986	1988