Glendale vs Peoria

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

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

Glendale has the higher population (250,193 vs 194,338 in Peoria). Peoria has the higher median household income ($93,403 vs $70,139 in Glendale). Peoria has the higher median home value ($429,400 vs $347,000 in Glendale).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Peoria
Population	250,193	194,338
Median age	34.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,139	$93,403
Median home value	$347,000	$429,400
Median gross rent	$1,397	$1,743
Housing units	91,847	78,592
Homeownership rate	57.6%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Peoria
Population	247,813 → 250,193 (+1.0%)	168,196 → 194,338 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$55,020 → $70,139 (+27.5%)	$75,323 → $93,403 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$214,700 → $347,000 (+61.6%)	$264,500 → $429,400 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,397 (+40.1%)	$1,255 → $1,743 (+38.9%)

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

Peoria

Population

168,196194,338

Median household income

$75,323$93,403

Median home value

$264,500$429,400

Median gross rent

$1,255$1,743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	Peoria
Under 5	6.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.6%
75 and over	5.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Peoria
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	65.8%
Black or African American	6.6%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.6%
Asian	4.0%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	40.5%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Peoria
No high school diploma	15.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	27.7%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Peoria
Drove alone	68.7%	68.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	8.5%
Public transit	1.6%	0.4%
Walked	1.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.1%	20.2%
Other means	2.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Peoria
1-unit, detached	59.3%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	5.4%
20 or more units	12.9%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Peoria
Poverty rate	16.2%	8.4%
Average household size	2.83	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1986	1998